The Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mills, 1840
What is this image trying to tell you?
How do these buildings look to you? Do they seem "industrial?" Do they convey a sense of disorder, or a sense of order?
What does the design of the building tell you about the people who built it? What did they value?
The artist chose to show people strolling around--why? Are these people factory hands? Management? Townspeople out for a walk? What does the way they are drawn here suggest about the factory and its place in society?
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