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1850-1899 American Timeline
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Colombia in 1863
1850-1899 American Timeline
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Sports 1850-1899
This is an image of a girls Tennis game in 1890. The "Royal Tennis" was a game exclusively for indoors, and mostly played by Europe's leading monarchs, and it is the game from which the Tennis we know now, was developed. By 1850 with the invention of the vulcanized rubber ball, the Tennis could be played outdoor making a step forward in popularity and arrived to the United States. The first time that was played in the U.S was in Staten Island, NY. in a Cricket club. As the game was gaining popularity across the country, the desire of playing it competitively lead to the creation of Tennis clubs, and later in 1880 to the creation of the first American National Tournament. By today, around 12million americans play Tennis.
Media 1850-1899
1890
This is an image of the news in the New York Journal about the explosion of the Maine, the evening of February 15th in 1898. The Maine was a war ship located in Habana, Cuba. This ship was located there with the purpose of letting Spain know that America was present. The reason for this new, was to provoke America's president to get involved and go to War with Spain. This article blamed Spain for the explosion of the ship, but the truth was, that some mechanical issue, caused it. Yellow Journalism that was looking for a reason that can make president McKinley go to war with Spain. This is important because it led to the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
Art & Design 1850-1899
This is a painting by Eyre Crowe called "Slaves Waiting For Sale - Richmond, Virginia" in 1861. When Eyre Crowe created this image, he was visiting Virginia as a secretary of a British novelist. He sketched a slave auction on Wall Street, and he almost got kick out of the auction for that. Back in the 1850's, before the Civil War, artists took risks trying to portray what was happening in the country, mostly in the south. Slave owners did not want people to know what the reality was. This image was created to reflect the suffering of the families being broken apart.