Odesio
August 7, 2021, 6:32am
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Jackmannii:
The modern era starts for me somewhere around 1890, when players like John McGraw learned to perfect the hit-and-run and scientific baseball came into vogue, plus the demise of underhand pitching as well.
I’ve got the 1890s as well because I think it’s when most Americans would look at it and recognize it. We’ve got skyscrapers, elevators, automobiles, telephones, and professional baseball. It’s the beginning of modern America.
1937…first electric guitar patent.
Funnily, I started this thread with the same idea in 2018. This newer thread is worthwhile.
This is sort of a gut-feel thing that I’m curious about. I Googled “the modern era” and, among a variety of definitions, found in Wikipedia that it started around the renaissance.
But to you, Dopers, when would you say it started? For me it would definitely be during WW II, and if I was forced to be really specific, I would say that it was heralded by the B-29, with its, albeit early, computer controlled fire control system, and its pressurized cabin. As I said, gut-feel, and I’m curious to hea…