Steel mill stacks rising above small houses in foreground – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Steel mill stacks rising above small houses in foreground, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Steel mill stacks rising above small houses in foreground
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Smoke-blackened stacks tower over a row of modest houses in the foreground, a contrast that captures how closely steel production and everyday neighborhoods once lived side by side in American mill towns. Works like this were common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when mills drew workers and families to a single industrial district. Look at how the small homes sit almost within the mill's shadow, a reminder that the plant's hours, noise and smoke shaped daily life for the people who lived below it.
| Original scan | 5,488 × 3,856 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a34411u houses and factories |
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