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A photograph taken of the Golden Spike (railroad completion) ceremony, which would later become a widely recognized symbol of national pride in the country's economic prosperity and technological advancements

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East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail (1869)

Andrew J. Russell

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-03-11 Art Shifts Historic Narratives of the Transcontinental Railroad

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A photograph of a typical dreary day in 1890s London

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Sourvenir de Londres (ca 1890s)

Leonard Misonne

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-27-15 Record Sourvenir de Londres Collections Search Center Smithsonian Institution

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According to Bas den Hond from sciencenews.org, there are theories that Claude Monet may have been inspired by the smog of industry due to its hazy atmospheric effects. In this work, Monet romanticizes the nautical view by creating the famous hazy, dreamlike atmosphere that is said to be foundational for impressionist art.                                      “What sad day that this damn English Sunday is affected by it. Everything is like dead, no train, no smoke or boat, nothing that excites the verve a little bit. I think I'll get home soon”. -Monet in a letter to his wife

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Impression, Sunrise (1872)

Claude Monet, oil on canvas

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13-26-37 Final Project CULTURAL HISTORY

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Although Monet seemed to draw inspiration from the haze, not everyone was enjoying its affects

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A London Fog

Unknown Artist (ca 1862)

(aquatint, with watercolor)

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 15-40-44 Bad Air Pollution Sin and Science Fiction in William Delisle Hay’s The Doom of the Great City (1880) — The Public Domain Review

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Public speculation of the smoke's health consequences are beginning to spread. In this drawing, the "Fog Demon" produced by "Old King Coal" is cursing respiratory illnesses upon the nearby cities. Although not yet scientifically proven at this time, its clear that the public has bemoaned respiratory issues that they believe stems from factory smoke.

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Old King Coal and the Fog Demon (1880)

William Delisle Hay

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 15-33-08 Bad Air Pollution Sin and Science Fiction in William Delisle Hay’s The Doom of the Great City (1880) — The Public Domain Review

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Low-income working class residences located close to their factories get continuously more polluted due to the unregulated industrial output of waste products into the nearby communities. This painting depicts a hazy atmosphere with indistinct people traveling down a street away from the factories and into town. The dark color gradient portrays the soot-covered environment factory towns possessed and creates a grim overall mood for the piece.

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-11-26 Final Project CULTURAL HISTORY

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Consolidated Edison Power Station (1912)

Karl F. Struss

(Platinum Print)

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13-21-38 Consolidated Edison Power Station - Saint Louis Art Museum

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36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law. "In the great 'dumbbell tenements'...the rickety old frame,...the damp, unwholesome cellars,...the sidewalks and...gutters reeking of filth and garbage, is a seething mass of humanity...Men and women yet living, not like animals, but like vermin!" -Allan Forman, American Magazine (1888)

Tong, Mona. “Early Tenement Acts.” Jacob Riis: Social Reform for the Other Half, 2015, jacob-riis-socialreform.weebly.com/early-tenement-acts.html. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 15-02-38 Museum of the City of New York - 36-36 1_2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law

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Boy Climbing Fire Escape (1935)

David Robbins

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-59-49 Museum of the City of New York - Boy Climbing Fire Escape

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A man shows a child the smoke rising from factory chimneys in Cincinnati, Ohio

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 15-21-33 The Clean Air Act has saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-40-34 Protest Of Pollution Our beautiful Wall Art and Photo Gifts include Framed Prints Photo Prints Poster Prints Canvas Prints Jigsaw Puzzles Metal Prints and so much more

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EPA, Emissions Patrol by Etta Hulme (Pencil Sketch)

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As pollution continues to be a problem even with environmental protection standards in place, further distrust of the Environmental Protection Agency brews within the public.

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Screenshot 2024-12-05 at 13-47-05 Final Project CULTURAL HISTORY

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Peter Essick

From the Hard Rock Mining portfolio

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"I see children like the boy looking out the window in Butte and wonder about the world we are leaving for them”. - Peter Essick

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13-14-15 Peter Essick’s Journey into Environmental Photojournalism

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A poster from the Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30, 2010. This rally was formed as a satirical response to a divisive conservative rally called "Restoring Honor" by calling for more civility when discussing the topic of politics publicly.

“Rally to Restore Sanity And/or Fear | Event, Washington, District of Columbia, United States [2010] | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 2024, www.britannica.com/topic/Rally-to-Restore-Sanity-and-or-Fear.

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 14-36-27 I Only Trust Polution I Can See National Museum of American History

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Carbon Footprint

Karl Brain

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Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13-23-52 Paintings about Pollution - Art to show the damage to our planet

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Entrance/South Wall: A Depiction of the Cultural Attitude Shift Regarding Industry Due to its Adverse Environmental Affects: From the Industrial Revolution to Today

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Entrance/South Wall: A Depiction of the Cultural Attitude Shift Regarding Industry Due to its Adverse Environmental Affects: From the Industrial Revolution to Today

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The spread of industry to America in the late 1800s sparked a feeling of national pride within the hearts of everyone, from the wealthy to the working class. The use of heavy machinery in manufacturing required many employees to handle the factory's assembly lines, which in turn created more jobs and boosted the nation's economy. For the working class, this meant greater economic prosperity and new innovations being introduced into everyday life. Any noticeable impacts of this process reflected that work was being done, progress was being made, and more importantly, there was profit being produced.

As areas become increasingly industrialized in the 1900s, more families accumulate to these spaces to fulfill job positions at local factories, which then caused these areas to become more and more urbanized. As the families of factory workers grew, the infrastructure began to become overcrowded and public spaces became cluttered with refuse. In addition, the towns around the factories became noticeably dirtier as dust and soot coated buildings and windowsills, creating a dark and dingy atmosphere. As the century progressed and citizens began fighting for better, cleaner living conditions, people became increasingly distrustful of the connections between corporate industry and the government regarding the interest of regulating lawmakers through lobbying.

Today, the environmental impacts of industry can't be overlooked. Although regulations have been implemented, scientists have been reporting an increasing number of adverse affects on the environment and its inhabitants caused by the polluting byproducts of industrial waste. As the ecology of delicate environments begin to destabilize, it has become increasingly more apparent in academia that the negative affects of industry are harming the Earth, and that actions must be taken to protect it.

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West Wall: Industrial Culture in the 1800s

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West Wall: Industrial Culture in the 1800s

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As newly patented machinery revolutionizes industrial production, record profits spark feelings of success and national pride as the economy greatly benefits from this newfound productivity boost.

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Although the country was experiencing great economic prosperity, not all citizens were happy about its impacts upon their everyday life.

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Although the country was experiencing great economic prosperity, not all citizens were happy about its impacts upon their everyday life.

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North Wall: Industrial Byproduct Invades the 20th Century Boundaries of Working-Class Living Standards

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North Wall: Industrial Byproduct Invades the 20th Century Boundaries of Working-Class Living Standards

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In the latter half of the 20th century, even as government policies have been put into place to reduce the environmental impact of industrial processes, citizens are still suffering its consequences and demand more action.

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In the latter half of the 20th century, even as government policies have been put into place to reduce the environmental impact of industrial processes, citizens are still suffering its consequences and demand more action.

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East Wall: 21st Century Industrial Encroachment

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East Wall: 21st Century Industrial Encroachment

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As political discourse over pollution standards continues to draw on with opposition from stakeholders that benefit from environmental protection cost cuts, communities across the country are seeing their homes become dirtied and cluttered by invasive industrialization and its dangerous chemical outputs.