{"id":1171,"date":"2017-07-11T03:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T03:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ushistory2os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-life-in-industrial-america\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T03:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T03:02:06","slug":"primary-source-images-life-in-industrial-america","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/rangercollege-ushistory2os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-life-in-industrial-america\/","title":{"raw":"Primary Source Images: Life in Industrial America","rendered":"Primary Source Images: Life in Industrial America"},"content":{"raw":"

The turn of the twentieth century witnessed\u00a0the triumph of American industrialization and the rise of \u201cbig business,\u201d large corporations, run by trained bureaucrats and salaried managers, doing\u00a0national and international business. Sweeping changes washed over the country as new industrial modes of production revolutionized American life.\u00a0The rise of cities, the evolution of American immigration, the transformation of American labor, the further making of a mass culture, the creation of great concentrated wealth, the growth of vast city slums, the conquest of the West, the emergence of a middle class, the problem of poverty, the triumph of big business, widening inequalities, battles between capital and labor, the final destruction of independent farming, breakthrough technologies, environmental destruction: industrialization created a new America. The following documents depict some of that radical change.\n<\/p>

Mulberry Street, New York City (ca. 1900)<\/h2>\n
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At the turn of\u00a0the\u00a0century,\u00a0New York City\u2019s Lower East Side\u00a0became the most densely packed urban area in the world. This\u00a0colorized photomechanical\u00a0print from the Detroit Photographic depicts daily life on Mulberry Street, the area\u2019s central artery.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- .entry-description -->\n

Luna Park<\/h2>\n
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Amusement-hungry Americans flocked to new entertainments at the turn of the twentieth century. In this early-twentieth century photograph, visitors enjoy Luna Park, one of the original amusement parks on Brooklyn\u2019s famous Coney Island.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>","rendered":"

The turn of the twentieth century witnessed\u00a0the triumph of American industrialization and the rise of \u201cbig business,\u201d large corporations, run by trained bureaucrats and salaried managers, doing\u00a0national and international business. Sweeping changes washed over the country as new industrial modes of production revolutionized American life.\u00a0The rise of cities, the evolution of American immigration, the transformation of American labor, the further making of a mass culture, the creation of great concentrated wealth, the growth of vast city slums, the conquest of the West, the emergence of a middle class, the problem of poverty, the triumph of big business, widening inequalities, battles between capital and labor, the final destruction of independent farming, breakthrough technologies, environmental destruction: industrialization created a new America. The following documents depict some of that radical change.\n<\/p>\n

Mulberry Street, New York City (ca. 1900)<\/h2>\n
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\u201cMulberry Street, New York City,\u201d ca. 1900, Library of Congress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

At the turn of\u00a0the\u00a0century,\u00a0New York City\u2019s Lower East Side\u00a0became the most densely packed urban area in the world. This\u00a0colorized photomechanical\u00a0print from the Detroit Photographic depicts daily life on Mulberry Street, the area\u2019s central artery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Luna Park<\/h2>\n
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Visitors to Coney Island\u2019s Luna Park, ca.1910-1915. Via Library of Congress (LC-B2- 2240-13).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Amusement-hungry Americans flocked to new entertainments at the turn of the twentieth century. In this early-twentieth century photograph, visitors enjoy Luna Park, one of the original amusement parks on Brooklyn\u2019s famous Coney Island.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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