1927

 __** 1927 **__ Powerpoint: Megan P and Paige O. Primary Source: [] __**Inventions and Advancements **__
 * **Prepared Baby Food ** was invented by Dorothy Gerber in the United States- The Idea of baby food in fact helped the everyday mother. Prepared baby food gave mothers all around the world more free time, they were able to just get a jar and feed the babies instead of having to hang make the food. It was in perfect portions and just enough to fill the babies and make them happy.


 * **Ford Produced the last Model T- ** The year of 1927 gave and ending to Ford. He produced his last Model T. This car was an extreme help in America's both social and economical structure. Having this car gave the people more freedom and transportation. Along with Ford's model T came his invention of the assembly line which still helps and effects our world today as we know it

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 * **Kool-Aid **by Edwin E. Perkins in the United States. You could say that Kool-Aid was just a drink and did not affect anyone or anything. But truly it did, it helped the societies both parents and children drink more water, just but simply putting a packet of this magical powder they had a yummy drink. People would have parties and serve the famous Kool-Aid which is still around to today.
 * C olor ed T V ** comes out! John Logie Baird created it and the first broadcast was on July 3, 1927. This caused an uproar between all people, everyone wanted colored T.V. and to sit around and enjoy it. While this was somewhat of a expensive luxury, many people started to come around to the trend of colored TV. This created more family time at home. Both families and friends would watch the tv together. News and Media was more wildly spread. This also gave out a basic structure for future scientists to look off from. Our colored T.V., as we know it today, came from this. Many different broadcasts started to come out with this, people actually had things to look forward to watching that were entertaining.


 * //<span style="color: rgb(255,0,64);">The Jazz Singer // ** directed by Alan Crosland came out. Having a run time of 88 minutes this was the first "talkie" movie with a soundtrack. It premiered in New York and people came from all around to come see it. //The Jazz Singer// brought with it, not only entertainment, but an impressive profit to both the major cities it premiered in but to the companies and actors in whole. The talkie movie brought an end to the infamous silent motion picture era, never again would it return. It also gave a voice to the jazz musicians and artists of this time.

On a beautiful day on November 12, 1927, the **<span style="color: rgb(128,128,128);">Holland Tunnel ** was completed. It was the first underwater tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey. Many people came to the opening to see it all happen. The tunnel was under the Hudson river. Before it was created boats would take cars to and from over the river and it was a big hassle. After the tunnel was created in finished more than double the amount of cars could travel to and from, but underneath the river instead of on top of. This cut down time for people and gave them easier access to the other side along with better communication. It was named after Clifford Milburn Holland (chief engineer on the project.)



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 * <span style="font-size: 90%; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lindbergh Over The Atlantic- He made the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20th. He was honored with many awards, celebrations, and parades and he isLindbergh became an international hero, and the most famous man in the world. Still people hear about him today and what a great addition he was to he world because of his accomplishments.
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The New Faces of Mount Rushmore- Mount Rushmore was just beginning to be worked on during this year and the four Presidents that are on it are: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson, all of Presidents were picked to represent the founding, preservation, and the growth of the United States. Also, Mount Rushmore the President of that time, Coolidge had attended the dedication that day.
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dialing Across Countries- The phone service between the United States and Mexico begins. This happens to take place on September 29 and helps many people.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sports figure~ Baseball.. Babe Ruth {The Great Bambino}, George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born February 6, 1895. Babe Ruth set the first long-term single season home run standard for all of baseball. By 1927 he had hit sixty long balls {home runs} in just one hundred and fifty five games, that is a big part of history that he set the first record for all major league baseball players. The Yankees were known to strike hard and in the fifth or sixth inning every game, by this point in the game, they had had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the other team's starting pitcher, and the pitcher began to get tired, so the Yankees with Babe on the team started bring out all what they got for the game.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">African Americans~Duke Ellington was a great man, at least thats what many people thought. He was born 1889 and passed away 1974. During his life he had influenced society through his music. Duke had made his debut at the Cotton Club in Harlem on December fourth and many people were so excited to hear his music. Duke and his Orchestra is perhaps the greatest of all Jazz bands. The group stayed together for over fifty years and recorded and wrote some of America's greatest music. The band started in New York City under name of the Washingtonians in 1923, they then briefly became known as Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra from 1927 to 1930. Duke Ellington was one of the biggest hits in America and many people loved his music.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Famous Women~ Isadora Duncan, she was a very famous women during her life, unfortunately she died September 14, 1927, by an accident when her scarf got tangled in the rear axle of her automobile. For Isadora dance was the "movement of the human body in harmony with the movements of the earth," and I think what this means is your moving in a dance move all around earth just to survive day by day. She was also best known as a free-spirited modern dancer and to people this was a good way to just be "free," she encouraged all movements that was natural, expressive, and original. She was a very famous women in the world mostly because she had revolutionized dance after she had past away.

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