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INDEX
Academy of Music ( New York),
238
Adams, Abigail, 28
Adams, Charles Francis, quoted, 8
Adams, Franklin P., 337
Adams, John, attitude toward
amusements, 44, 61, 230
Adams, John Quincy, attitude toward
amusements, 45, 139, 248
Admirable Crichton, The, 299
Adventures of Harlequin and Scara-
mouche, The, 54
Allen, Frederick Lewis, quoted, 333
Alsop, George, quoted, 26
Amateur photography, 202, 343
Amateur Softball Association of
America, 360
Amateur theatricals, 49, 62, 304,
333
American Company of Comedians,
The, 54, 57, 62 - 66 passim
American Jockey Club, 240
American League, 224 -25
American Maid, horse, 280
American Museum, 122 -25, 135, 219
America's Cup Races, 240, 356
Ames, Nathaniel, quoted, 26, 49
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, and colonial
balls, 53
Amusement industry (see also Costs
of recreation, Moving pictures,
Radio, Theatre), 368 -70
Amusement parks, 98, 163 -64, 166,
222 -23, 305
Anderson, Mary, actress, 237
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever, 372
Anglin, Margaret, actress, 237
Angling. See fishing.
Animal-baitings, 10, 43, 138
Animal exhibits (see also Circus),
39, 40, 131 -32
Annapolis, as colonial capital, 61,
62
Anson, "Pop," baseball player, 226
Archery, 182, 192, 202, 240, 362
Argall, Governor, 8
As You Like It, 237
"Association" of 1774, 65
Aston, Anthony, actor, 54
Astor Place riot, 104
Audubon, John J., quoted, 71, 77
Austen, Jane, quoted, 185
Automobile, the. See Motoring.
Automobile racing, 287, 310, 355
Aviation, 362
Backgammon, 33, 36, 150
Bacon, Nathaniel, and drinking
laws, 18
Badminton, 362
Bailey, Hackaliah, and early menag-
eries, 131 -32
Bailey, James A., circus owner, 282
Ballet, 100, 116 -17
Balloon ascensions, 164 -65
Balls, colonial, see also Dancing, 48,
52, 61 ; in Gilded Age, 231 -34
Bank nights, 302
Barbecues (see also Picnicking), 77,
166
Barlow, John, professional runner,
144
Barn raisings, 26, 43

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Publication Information: Book Title: America Learns to Play: A History of Popular Recreation, 1607-1940. Contributors: Foster Rhea Dulles - author. Publisher: D. Appleton-Century. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1940. Page Number: 425.
    
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