[78-L] 78s for radio exercise programs

[Donna Halper]

On 5/5/2020 12:45 PM, DKing wrote:
> Hello Donna,
>
> What prompted this exercise craze?  Was it the shift from
> factory & farm work to office work?

Yes, that seems like a factor. Another was the end of the War-- folks 
got familiar with the Daily Dozen during the war years, since they were 
originally aimed at making the military more fit. But then the troops 
came home and brought the exercises with them. So, more non-military 
folks became familiar with doing them (or claiming they did them!!!).


-- 
Donna L. Halper, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
Lesley University, Cambridge MA