Woolworth 1912 zoom in

1
Woolworth 1912 zoom in

• US 7 The emergence of modern America
  (1890-1930)

2
What do you see here?
3
What kind of a building would this be?
4
What kind of a place is this?
5
What kind of work would be done in an area like
this?
6
What kind of buildings are these?
7
How would these buildings be made? What
materials would be used in making these
structures?
8
Woolworth bldg. iron work, made April 4th, 1912
LC-USZ62-78042 (bw film copy neg.)LC-USZ62-10097
3 (bw film copy neg.) Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
9
View of Woolworth Building and surrounding
buildings, New York City 1913. LC-USZ62-127214
(bw film copy neg.) Library of Congress Prints
and Photographs Division
construction complete
10
Compare this city of 1912 to the city of 1870
11
1870
12
New York City by 1912
13
(No Transcript)
14
Lets review

• These taller buildingsskyscraperswere 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

15
Steela buildings skeleton
16
Steela buildings skeleton
17
Elevatorsa buildings circulatory system
18
Elevatorsa buildings circulatory system
19
Sources

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

20
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

21
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.

22
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.