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Zoom In Inquiry
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Woolworth 1912 zoom in
US 7 – The emergence of modern America (1890-1930)
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What do you see here?
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What kind of a building would this
be?
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What kind of a place is this?
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What kind of work would be
done in an area like this?
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What kind of buildings are
these?
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How would these buildings
be made?
What materials would be used
in making these
structures?
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“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
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“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
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Compare this city of 1912 to the city of 1870…
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1870
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New York City by 1912
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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
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Steel—a building’s skeleton
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Steel—a building’s skeleton
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Elevators—a
building’s circulatory system…
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Elevators—a
building’s circulatory system…
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• What progress have we seen over the years in building construction?
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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
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Sources:
• The city of New York. Currier & Ives, 1870. G3804.N4A3 1870 .C8. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
• New York skyscrapers from
Jersey City. c.1910. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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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.
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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.