What did people do for entertainment during great depression?
The radio, which broadcast big band "gigs" and comedy and dramashows, were as cheap as $10 and became depression-era Americans'favorite form of home entertainment. The invention of the 78-rpmrecord, which only cost 35 cents and the jukebox, which would playsongs for a nickel, were popular among the young who attendeddances. The big bands provided cheap entertainment. For 50 cents orless, the young jitter buggers could dance for hours at clubslistening to the music of Benny Goodman, Harry James, and other bigband leaders. The big band appearances were musically andeconomically successful. Harry James once drew 8,000 dancers in asingle night and 35,000 in a week at the Palladium Ballroom inHollywood, California. The radio, which broadcast big band "gigs"were as cheap as $10 and became depression-era Americans' favoriteform of home entertainment.
Spectator sports were also popular for those who could afford to gosee a professional game. Libraries provided free books andmagazines to read. Many families that could stay together went toparks, rivers, and lakes.
One of the most popular ways that Americans found entertainmentduring the depressions was going to the "movies". Hollywood was itsglory during the depression. With movies Americans could virtuallyescape the problems of the depression.
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