Primary Sources: Industrial Revolution

Features 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of the Industrial Revolution. Features a photograph of young boys working in a glass factory at midnight; an advertisement for the Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad published the week the two rails' lines were joined in Utah in 1869; a print showing bird's eye view of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition - featured advancements in commerce and industry; a political cartoon depicting Thomas Edison using his electric light bulb invention to shed light on the gas company monopoly; and many more. Each is printed on sturdy, 8-1/2 x 11" cardstock.