sep 1, 1889 - Popular Culture: Amusements

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Leisure time activities group as the number of hours people worked decreased, chance rotation improved, promotional billboards and advertising appeared more often, and Puritan and Victorian valleys of wasting time on play declined. drinking became the most popular form of recreation despite the temperance movement. Theaters became more present and showed comedies and dramas at large cities. Traveling circuses started to appear as the national rail network encouraged the creation of circus trains the moved at large number of acts and animals across towns.

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