Technology In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Century

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Technology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries impacted the entertainment world by contributing new forms of urban entertainment. The talking machine, also known as the phonograph, was the first of these new developments, which eventually became popular for playing music in saloons. Penny arcades came next, and they dispensed things such as medicine, candy, gum, and even music. Concert horns had recorded entertainment of them in order to attract crowds. Silent motion picture films had the most impact, however. Early movies were shown in kinetoscopes, then vitascopes allowed larger crowds to watch the films. None of this would have been possible without Thomas Edison. He first created the phonograph, and then he helped the progress