Industrial Revolution: "The Middle" by Elizabeth Towberman https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6 en-us 2021-05-03 01:33:02 UTC 2025-10-25 20:24:49 UTC hello@padlet.com New York Tribune etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483498756 "More than 140 die as flames sweep through three stories of factory building in Washington Place"]]> 2021-05-03 01:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483498756 Children workers shucking oysters etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483511030 2021-05-03 01:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483511030 Young workers at a canning factory etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483512846 Children as young as four worked in factories under long hours and dangerous conditions. Children worked for housing or for 90% less of what an adult would make.

The United States had an estimated 750,000 workers in factories under the age of 15.]]> 2021-05-03 01:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1483512846 mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486276859 Flour Mill crew]]> 2021-05-03 17:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486276859 Pillsbury Mill, Minneapolis mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486282029 2021-05-03 17:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486282029 Newspaper Comic about Saw Milling mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486284955 2021-05-03 17:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486284955 Aldridge Saw Mill and Lumbering mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486288483 2021-05-03 17:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486288483 Lumbering crew on-site mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486291472 2021-05-03 17:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486291472 Farm family mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486293859 2021-05-03 17:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486293859 Farming mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486297468 2021-05-03 17:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486297468 Flour Mills mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486299499 2021-05-03 17:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486299499 Wheat Farming mkruger9 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486301884 2021-05-03 17:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1486301884 Bohemian Flats, Minneapolis, 1910 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1490094113 This small village was located on the Mississippi River underneath the Washington Ave. Bridge in Minneapolis. It was mainly home to immigrants from Northern and Eastern Europe. The conditions were unsanitary because the river was dirty.]]> 2021-05-04 15:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1490094113 C.A Smith Lumber Mill, 1910 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1493886701 2021-05-05 14:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1493886701 Albert Johnson Coal Co. etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500790161 Business card]]> 2021-05-07 01:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500790161 Cars, 1910 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500798398 2021-05-07 01:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500798398 Steamboat,1915 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500801655 Walker, MN ]]> 2021-05-07 02:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500801655 Brain Pop Video etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500820819 2021-05-07 02:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500820819 North Star Woolen Mill, 1905 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500850421 This factory was located near St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis. The factory made scarves, blankets, and other cloth products. 

Work inside the factory was difficult. Workers worked for ten hours a day. The work was difficult and dangerous. Many of the workers were immigrants from Eastern Europe.]]> 2021-05-07 02:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500850421 Typical Wages in 1900 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500861591 Blacksmith: $2.43 a day
Dressmaker: $2.00 a day
Miner: $1.65 a day
Lumberjack: 56 cents a day (and housing)
Flour Miller: $3.80 a day
Schoolteacher: $2.50 a day
Cabinetmaker: $2.25 a day]]> 2021-05-07 02:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500861591 Typical Prices in 1900 etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500865513 Sewing machine: $12.00
One dozen eggs: 12 cents
Roast beef dinner: 15 cents
Ice cream and cake dessert: 15 cents
Trolley fare: 5 cents
House: $3,000]]> 2021-05-07 02:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500865513 Steam powered shovel at Biwabik iron ore mine etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500871333 2021-05-07 02:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1500871333 Industrial Revolution Inventions etowberman1 https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1502141885 2021-05-07 13:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/etowberman1/rvo6ild6hraf8jb6/wish/1502141885