1900–1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > Popular Culture


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Title: Mary Austin and Diego Rivera - Cuernevaca, c. 1932.
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
These images show some of the ways that people spent their free time during the early part of the 20th century. They also reflect how new technologies, shorter workdays, and the growth of a consumer society influenced the way people spent their free time.
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