Industrial Revolution Admirer Mugs

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. XIII. - The ladies and the police - the battle of the Crystal Palace

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

Motivation to work

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

Lumiere brothers caricature

"You know, it really wasn’t that bad."

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Henry Fox Talbot

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

'Once we switch to information processing, just imagine how much data this baby will handle.'

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. V. - Theatrical depression.

'Great invention, Rex! What are you going to call it?'

'Wasn't there three of you guys when we started?'

'Someday, all of this liability exposure will be yours!'

Santa Confronts the Industrial Age.

"Our carbon footprint has been very, very good to us."

'Back in the industrial age, this was, I believe, a steel mill.'

Steel Works - 'How the devil did all this go down 7 3/8 today?'

Constitution of the United States (First Draft)

All set for the summer holiday!

Artist in industrial environment paints a butterfly.

'The meek will inherit coal mine safety violations, and the human health and the death toll.'

"Just remember. . . one if by land, two if by sea. . .one if by land, two if by sea. . .Dang!"

Lightbulb Maker

"Where do you see yourself in five years time?"

"I don't know why other countries won't buy our products...After all, they made them!"

Factory Smoke

'What did we do before China made everything?'

'Brewers Men'

'That's the problem with absolute power, Sire. It corrupts absolutely. And it always seems to start with the fenders and door panels.'

'I've invented food, and I've invented shelter -- two out of three isn't so bad!'

Surgical Appliance Factory

Benjamin Franklin

'Some of you were wondering, 'what, exactly, does Smedgwick, Refining and Smelting do'?'

"I thought that open-hearth furnace was a little too open."