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It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope

Zoom In Inquiry. It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Woolworth 1912 zoom in. US 7 – The emergence of modern America (1890-1930). What do you see here?. What kind of a building would this be?.

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It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope

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  1. Zoom In Inquiry It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division

  2. Woolworth 1912 zoom in US 7 – The emergence of modern America (1890-1930)

  3. What do you see here?

  4. What kind of a building would this be?

  5. What kind of a place is this?

  6. What kind of work would be done in an area like this?

  7. What kind of buildings are these?

  8. How would these buildings be made? What materials would be used in making these structures?

  9. “Woolworth bldg. iron work, made April 4th, 1912” LC-USZ62-78042 (b&w film copy neg.)LC-USZ62-100973 (b&w film copy neg.)Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

  10. construction complete “View of Woolworth Building and surrounding buildings, New York City ” 1913. LC-USZ62-127214 (b&w film copy neg.) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

  11. Compare this city of 1912 to the city of 1870…

  12. 1870

  13. ZOOM IN... New York City by 1912

  14. The height of most buildings in 1870...

  15. Let’s review… • These taller buildings—skyscrapers—were possible because of: • Steel • mass produced by American factories • Elevators • allowing for people and things to travel up these tall buildings without having to use the stairs

  16. Steel—a building’s skeleton

  17. Steel—a building’s skeleton

  18. Elevators—a building’s circulatory system…

  19. Elevators—a building’s circulatory system…

  20. What progress have we seen over the years in building construction?

  21. Sources: • “View of Woolworth Building and surrounding buildings, New York City ” 1913. LC-USZ62-127214 (b&w film copy neg.) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. • “Woolworth bldg. iron work, made April 4th, 1912” LC-USZ62-78042 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZ62-100973 (b&w film copy neg.) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

  22. Sources: • The city of New York. Currier & Ives, 1870. G3804.N4A3 1870 .C8. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division • NewYork skyscrapers from Jersey City. c.1910. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

  23. Sources: • [Two construction workers looking up toward the camera, sitting on a steel beam atop the frame of the One LaSalle Street building]1929. DN-0089666, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. • [Construction workers standing on steel beams at the construction site of the Chicago Daily News building]1928. DN-0085723, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

  24. Sources: • [Cook County Hospital, Charles Moore, elevator operator, standing in elevator door]. 1911. DN-0056446, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. • [Uniformed man in elevator] 1929. DN-0087942, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

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