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in the 1860's did they have radios?like you pay to listen to music?and what did they use for money back then?what kind of money did they use.did they only wear suits and dresses?

2006-09-04 10:48:24 · 4 answers · asked by ElEgAnTFiShIe 1 in Social Science Sociology

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Yeah they did all that stuff, and all ion black and white too!

2006-09-04 10:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Mr D 2 · 0 1

Radio electromagnetic waves were discovered by Hertz in 1864
Marconi invented radio in 1894
Fessenden made the first voice transmission in 1906
Pittsburgh was the first city with a music radio transmission in 1919
Payola was introduced in the late 1950's for having air time for the music of singing artists

Gold and Silver was used to pay for goods in the 1860's
In 1860 they used the suits and dress like any spaguetti western - cowboy movie

2006-09-04 21:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0 0

Marconi s claim that he invented radio was always disputed by Nikola Tesla and .
http://www.searchengine.net/WHO_Invented_the_Radio.htm

Didn't cost but people were lucky to have one. 1919 was the earliest, after telegraph... without them may not had radio.
Barter was more common. And clothes were more commonly made out of flour sacks which actually were done in pretty materials.
Fine Art and Paper Money in Jacksonian America, 1820-1860
Fine Art and Paper Money in Jacksonian America, 1820-1860. September 5 - December 22, 2000 ... They also produced paper money. ... 1860, 3 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches) ...
1860's Fashion
In the 1860's women's clothing consisted of a variety of dress, skirt, and shirt ... Usually in this style of dress the two pieces were made out of both solid ...

HOPE YOU FIND HELPFUL-those sites were of the ritzy bunch that had money lol

2006-09-04 18:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

My grandparents were alive in the 1860s.

I remember them telling me when I was young that they all lived in trees and dressed like Tarzan.

Of course they couldn't speak - just grunt.
Reading the news was quite hard - they had to queue up to go into a cave to see the drawings.

And - this is the hardest part to believe - there was no MacDonald's! Only Dinosaurs

Shock, horror!

2006-09-04 17:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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