1929

** Bryant H. & Kyle B. **

** Major Headlines of 1929 **
 * **Crash and Burn** - The New York Stock Exchange crashed on October 29 which was later called Black Tuesday. It was the beginning of The Great Depression which put America into a major hardship from 1929 to around 1939.


 * **The Bloody Valentine** - On February 14th, seven of Al Capone's rival gangsters were murdered in Chicago. The cause of the murders were ultimately because of bootlegging tension between the gangs and was later called the St. Valentines Day Massacre.


 * **Air Travel Around The World -** Commercial airplane travel expanded which allowed people to travel farther foreign destinations. It even sparked air competitions and derby's such as the 1929 Women's Air Derby won by Louis Thaden.

**Leisure Time & Mass Media of 1929** [|1929 activities.pdf]
 * 1929 brought many new leisure activities to America. With shorter work hours and more free time available, people found more things to do. New technological advance-ments and inventions were devel-oped for peoples leisure. The radio was popular in 1929. People would invite people to apartments and ho-tels to dance to the radio music. The leisure time allowed people to experiment with different fashions and dress styles. Advancements is aviation led to people testing their skill in air derbies. Amusement parks began emerging in the late 1920’s, which provided cheap thrills for families. Sports were a popular pastime in 1929, with new sports figures and different sports gaining popularity. Movies and plays were very popular in 1929, with most pictures short and cheap.

**Inventions of 1929**
 * **Car Radio** - Was invented by William Lear and Elmer Wavering. It was manufactured by Galvin Manufacturing Co. The invention of the car radio hurt[[image:http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/PopularScience/6-1960/scotch-tape.jpg width="180" height="207" align="right"]] the social structure by making people more concentraded on the radio and what station is on or what song is being play witch took their concentration off the road. Although it helped too, it help families and friends bond together better and listen to music they liked together.
 * **7-UP**- The lemon lime soft drink made its debut in 1929. It was invented by Charles Grigg to compete with the very popular orange soda, "Orange Crush". It helped social culture by giving people more variety in their sodas and sparked competition. It hurt Americas social culture by leading to unhelathy diet choices.
 * **7-UP**- The lemon lime soft drink made its debut in 1929. It was invented by Charles Grigg to compete with the very popular orange soda, "Orange Crush". It helped social culture by giving people more variety in their sodas and sparked competition. It hurt Americas social culture by leading to unhelathy diet choices.


 * **Clear Scotch Tape-** Was invented by Richard Drew. It helped the social structure by help people put things up somewhere and fix things that is small and doesn't need alot to fix it. It also helped it by giving people ways to help other people put things on rounded surfaces and other surface. Also it helped people by giving them a way to fix ripped paper and projects tape can be used to fix.

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**Personalities of 1929**

 * **Paddy Driscoll**- His birth name is John Leo Driscoll. He played for the Chicago Bear’s in 1929 he played half back (HB), quarter back (QB), and tail back (TB). He was born January 11th 1895 in Evanston Illinois. He attended Northwestern University. He 5’11” and 160 pounds at the age of 34 in his 9th year as a pro football player.
 * **Babe Ruth**- Held the record for most home runs in a single season. His birth name is George Herman Ruth. Babe Ruth was the first sports superstar. He was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore. Babe Ruth led the Boston Red Sox to the World Series twice and was traded to the New York Yankees who he led to the American League Champion and the World Series Champion.


 * **Regina Anderson**- Helped found Harlem Renaissance Negro Experimental Theater. She was born May 21, 1901 in Chicago Illinois. Her occupation was being a playwrighter. She was married to William T. Andrews. She died in Ossining New York on February 5, 1995. Shes know for her role in Harlem's Renaissance and Climbing Jacob's Ladder.

**Picture Power of 1929** [|1929 Picture Power.pdf] Running Citation Page 1929 P2 [|Primary Source 1929 P2]