The Bowery people were working class icons in New York who specialized primarily in entertainment. They attracted a working class crowd at Barnum's American Museum that became known as the "Bowery Crowd". Bowery b'hoy was an act or character "type" based on the actual mannerisms of New Yorkers and the transition of "commercial culture" and the "decline of status in skilled trades". Entertainment included "cheap dancehalls, dime museums, billiard saloons, rowdy theaters, performing animals, and boxing". The Bowery experience contributed to the working class culture as a whole since it was this distinct group of people who were attracted to Bowery
.http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/searchlm.php?function=find&exhibit=bowery&browse=bowery
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