Description: Chautauqua was an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s, bringing entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers, politicians and specialists of the day. The first Chautauqua, the New York Chautauqua Assembly, was organized in 1874 by Methodist minister John Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller at a campsite on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York State. Two years earlier, Vincent, editor of the Sunday School Journal, had begun to train Sunday school teachers in an outdoor summer school format. The gatherings grew in popularity. The organization founded by Vincent and Miller later became known as the Chautauqua Institution and was also called the Mother Chautauqua for the many independent “daughter” Chautauquas that were developed in similar fashion. "Circuit Chautauquas" or "Tent Chautauquas" were an itinerant manifestation of the Chautauqua movement. Keith Vawter who was a Bureau manger at the Redpath Lyceum, a school and speakers bureau in Boston and Roy Ellison started the “Redpath Vawter Chautauqua System” in 1904 and by 1907 were successful in their adaption of the concept. They would travel from town to town on the early system of railroads and the program would be presented in tents pitched "on a well-drained field near town". After several days, the Chautauqua would fold its tents and move on. The popularity of the Chautauqua movement can be attributed in part to the social and geographic isolation of American farming and ranching communities. People in such areas would naturally be hungry for education, culture and entertainment, and the Chautauqua Movement was a timely response to that need. However, by the mid 1920’s, other entertainment and educational opportunities, such as radio and movies, began to arrive in American towns to compete with Chautauqua lectures. With the advent of the automobile, people could travel to cultural events previously available only in urban areas, and the Chautauqua Movement lost popularity. This card is one of five I have posted advertising the “Redpath Vawter Chautauqua System”. This one heralds the “Celebrities appearing on the 1909 Program” including Wm J. Bryan. It is in great condition with minor wear to the corners and edges and with a clean and clear image and reverse. If this your card, it will be mailed promptly upon receipt of payment...... Free Shipping World Wide. Thank you for your interest and I hope that I can help you with your collection..... Life and History on a Card",,,,Visit My eBay Store: HartsCardCart
Price: 11.99 USD
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
City/Region: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Postage Condition: Posted
Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915)
Region: Iowa
Country: USA
