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Industrial Revolution - Reading List: Image Bank

Child Labor

Young boys work in a thread-spinning mill. (n.d.). [Photograph]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318133

Map

Chmielewski, K. (n.d.). Spread of the Industrial Revolution [Map]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318128

Rope Works

Spinning Room of the Shadwell Rope Works, England. (1878). [Engraving]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318131

Cotton factory workers

Duncan. (1890). Sketches at a Manchester Cotton Factory [Sketches]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from  https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318132

Men assemble

Men assemble rifles in a factory. (n.d.). [Photograph]. In History : How Stuff Works. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/industrial-revolution-factory.htm

Canning food in France

Workers fill and solder cans of food in France. (1870). [Print]. In History : How Stuff works. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/industrial-revolution-factory.htm

Industrial Towns

Industrial towns contained many polluting factories. (n.d.). [Illustration]. In History Crunch. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.historycrunch.com/living-conditions-in-industrial-towns.html#/

Lodging House

Extract from “Poor Man’s Guardian” newspaper. (1847). [Illustration]. In National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/victorian-industrial-towns/lodging-houses/

Industrialisation

Industrialisation: 19th c. town in Lancashire. (n.d.). Wellcome Collection. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://jstor.org/stable/community.24796751

Pre Industrial Revolution

Stark, J. (1822). Sheep Washing at Postwick Grove, Norwich [Painting]. In Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from  https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1071

Factories

Large factories were constructed to house new machinery. (n.d.). [Image]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318125

Women working

Factory workers in New England. (n.d.). [Photograph]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/318136

Reaping machine

Cyrus McCormick’s reaping machine. (1851). [Illustration]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/226584

Cottage industry

Cottage industry in 18th-century England. (n.d.). [Illustration]. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/122191

Factory Workers

Historic England Archive. (1898). Factory workers operating a carding machine at Early Blanket Mill, Witney, West Oxfordshire, in 1898 [Photograph]. In The Historic England Blog. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://heritagecalling.com/2021/11/16/9-interesting-facts-about-life-as-a-19th-century-mill-worker/

Match factory

Women and children working in a match factory in London. (n.d.). [Illustration]. In BBC Bitesize. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6kg3j6#zpj9cmn

Tenement slums

Riis, J. (n.d.). Tenement slums, New York City [Photograph]. In The History Channel. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-cities

Manchester, circa 1870

Manchester, from the entrance to the London and North-Western Railway. (n.d.). [Illustration]. In Science and Industry Museum. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/air-pollution

Wheat Harvest

Wheat harvest in 1800s America. (n.d.). [Engraving]. In BBC Bitesize. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm9r4xs#zrntp4j

Before the Industrial Revolution

Yarn spinning wheels before the Industrial Revolution. (n.d.). [Engraving]. In BBC Bitesize. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm9r4xs#ztx7m39

Early Industrial Revolution

Constable, J. (1826). Parnham Mill, Gillingham [Painting]. In Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:644