The first-run movie theaters and the major chains and independents had display ads in the Sunday News. Broadway was represented in a comprehensive directory as well as display ads for several musicals and revues.
Pianos were a sign of gentility and a number of advertisers offered them for sale to the upwardly mobile. The New York School of Music charged 35 cents a lesson plus free practice time at locations throughout the city. You also could learn to draw through the mail with lessons from Art Institute Inc of Minneapolis (where you might have had Charles Schultz as an instructor at this time before become the famed “Peanuts” cartoonist). A number of “talent agents” offered to help you become a star, for a fee.
King Bunny reigned supreme on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City, where a fashion pageant, sunrise service at Ocean Stadium, and the Steel Pier were among the holiday attractions. Closer to home, George C. Tilyou’s Steeplechase amusement park at Coney Island, where you could ride a roller coaster while mounted on a plaster horse, was renting season rooms and lockers for pool and ocean bathing. Ulster County vacation rentals were available as well.