Life in The City (Gracie and Faraan) by Mary Seymour https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i New York: 1860s-1920 en-us 2019-02-26 13:57:02 UTC 2026-01-18 18:00:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335354809 Percentage of Americans living in cities in 1860: 20%
Percentage of Americans living in cities in 1900: 40%]]> 2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335354809 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335356001 In the 1890s, industrial workers worked on average 60 hours/week , and they were paid on average $.10/hour]]> 2019-02-26 14:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335356001 "Children's Playground, Poverty Gap 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335356814 Jacob Riis, 1892]]> 2019-02-26 14:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335356814 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335359530 New York's sidewalks were lined with unharnessed trucks, beneath and between which dirty citizens threw their filth. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335359530 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335361468 In 1865, there were 35,000 miles of railroad track. This number increased to 242,000 by 1900. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335361468 "Flashes From The Slums" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335364106 Newspaper article on the "dark places photographed in 1888" ]]> 2019-02-26 14:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335364106 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335364241 During the Gilded Age, there were approximately 25,000 deaths and 1 million injuries per year due to poor industrial working conditions. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335364241 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335367089 In 1900, 18% of industrial workers were between the ages of 10 and 15. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335367089 "A Child of The Dump" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335695177 Jacob Riis, 1892]]> 2019-02-27 00:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335695177 "In Sleeping Quarters, Rivington Street Dump" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335695507  Jacob Riis, 1892]]> 2019-02-27 00:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335695507 "Italian Mother and Her Baby in Jersey Street" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696110 Jacob Riis 1888-1889]]> 2019-02-27 00:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696110 “A man atop a make-shift bed that consists of a plank across two barrels,” 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696512 Jacob Riis, 1890]]> 2019-02-27 00:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696512 “12 year old boy at work pulling threads. Had sworn certificate he was 16—owned under cross-examination to being 12. His teeth corresponded with that age,” 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696900 Jacob Riis, 1890]]> 2019-02-27 00:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335696900 Bird's Eye View of Coney Island 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335697140 John G. Mark (Library of Congress)]]> 2019-02-27 00:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335697140 "Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335697747 1905]]> 2019-02-27 00:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335697747 "Derrick and workers on girder, Empire State Building" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335698061 Hines, 1930-1931]]> 2019-02-27 00:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335698061 "Hot day on East Side, New York" 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335698446 Hine, 1908]]> 2019-02-27 00:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335698446 Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island, an immigration facility that is now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876111 2019-02-27 13:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876111 1904 New York City’s first subway line, called the IRT, opened. 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876597 2019-02-27 13:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876597 1902 New York City’s first skyscraper was built: the 21-story Flatiron building at 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue. 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876758 2019-02-27 13:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335876758 Jacob Riis immigrated to New York in 1870. In 1890 he became nationally known for his book "How the other Half Lives" (and then later, the "Battle with the Slum") in which he forced the public-the advantaged half-to acknowledge the poverty that existed in tenements. 20seymourm1 https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335877549 2019-02-27 13:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/335877549 "Growth of American Cities: The Gilded Age" 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336676803 New York's population nearly tripled from 1860 to 1900; it was one of the most heavily-populated cities during the time period.]]> 2019-02-28 22:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336676803 New York Pollution 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336678817 New York's factories introduced air pollutants, such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, into the environment, thereby intensifying climate change and acid deposition. ]]> 2019-02-28 23:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336678817 "The Gilded Age Labor" 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336681276 This political cartoon illustrates that laborers were subjected to inhumane working conditions and low wages during The Gilded Age, essentially abandoning their rights. ]]> 2019-02-28 23:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336681276 New York Industry 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336683437 As the largest city, New York contained 287 foundries and machine shops as well as a printing industry powered by 125 steam engines, bone mills, refineries, and tanneries. ]]> 2019-02-28 23:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336683437 "Flatiron Building: A Three-Sided Story" 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336684114 2019-02-28 23:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336684114 New York Smog 19rahimf https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336684397 During the Gilded Age, industrial vapors led to the formation of smog, which made it difficult for people to breathe in New York.]]> 2019-02-28 23:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20seymourm1/3x3xasqd2r9i/wish/336684397