Life & Culture at the Turn of the 20th Century

By dogloverzebraxo
  • First electromagnetic communication

    First electromagnetic communication

    it revolutionized the world's economic and social life was transmitted by Samuel Finley Breese Morse
  • typewriter was developed

    typewriter was developed

    Typewriter was developed by three American inventors
  • First professional team

    First professional team

    Cincinnati Red Stockings emerged as the first professional team.
  • The nation's tallest building was built

    The nation's tallest building was built

    it was built by the Western Union. it had a time ball at the top, which dropped at noon on a signal telegraphed from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
  • Bell Telephone Company was formed

    Bell Telephone Company was formed

    its a common law joint stock company organized in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Trouble in public schools

    Trouble in public schools

    it was all a disaster, it was crowded, teachers would be unprepared...etc.
  • Chicago = site of the exposition

    Chicago = site of the exposition

    President Benjamin Harrison signed the act and designated chicago as the site of the exposition
  • Chicago World's Fair

    Chicago World's Fair

    One of the most famous and influential fairs in history and it was held at Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois ,May 1-October 31, 1893.