Leisure


 * 8th Hour Leisure **


 * Radio became a form of enertainment
 * Movie Theatres sold forty million tickets weekly
 * Major League Baseball's attendence levels nearly tripled in twenty years
 * In the 1920's there were 16 baseball teams in Major League Baseball, 8 in the National League and 8 in the American League
 * With MLB being as popular as it was African Americans began forming their own Negro League teams
 * The number of registered bowlers increased by over two hundred thousand from 1910-1930
 * Bridge and cross word puzzles were popular
 * Mah Jongg, an Americanized Chinese board game was also widely popuar
 * At childrens parties games like post office or winkum
 * In the 1920's The Field Museum, Soldier Field, and the Shedd Aquarium were all created.
 * The first airport was created in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Airport in 1927

[|Music] [|1920's Crossword]

Leisure time during the 1920's was made possible by the decreased hours, by 1919 an 8 hour work day was enacted for the majority of workers. During the 1920's working hours decreased further, adding to additional leisure time.

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