F A C T O R I E S . . . of the past

a Leslie Ragan illustration, 1940s?

    

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Leslie Ragan       see full size

    

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a toy doll factory,  1100?

   

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 Iakov Chernikhov       see full size

   

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"Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher"  for 1883 industries in Ontario

   

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an oil can set for moving parts in 1892       see full size

   

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an 1898 mother buries one child

   

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a Charles Sheeler painting       see full size

     

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portable industrial illumination,  a 1900 gasoline torch

   

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factories at Niagara Falls,  1900 ... the falls are out of frame to the right

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this is some artist's copy of a Victor Hugo drawing,  etched by yet a third person for printing on cheap paper,  stored for a century,  scanned at a university,  downloaded,

cleaned and presented here

   

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a Thornton Oakley illustration

   

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this 1901 dog-powered machine doesn't show the dog's motivation . . .

likely a human has to supervise . . . patent denied!!

   

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1905 factory circle saws

   

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Dave Passalacqua,  1960s       see full size

   

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a 1913 paper mill: walking through paper machines is a sonic experience,  hot loud and beautiful from all directions,  dwarfing the quiet shouts of workers

   

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1919 factory architecture reminded all that workers were small

   

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Stow Wengenroth       see full size

   

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the angry boss's  "Shop Office" ... a 1920s pantomime cube

   

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a Martin Lewis print,  1937       see full size

   

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1928

   

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1930 printed crepe from Russia

   

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an Iakov Chernikhov constructivism-style factory       see full size

   

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a mock assembly line at the 1939 New York World's Fair          see full size

   

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"I won't be in Today"   skin irritation from a plastics factory job could be reduced

with a product for employers called "Tarbonis"

   

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a Ken Fagg illustration, 1947       see full size

   

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a Peter Helck illustration       see full size

   

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a 1958 Russian children's book

   

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a Heinz Edelmann illustration

   

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a 1972 Datsun factory ... brightly lit for safety

   

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a loud hot chemical smell in 1920