HIS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John D. Rockefeller, Fairmount Park, Standard Oil
7 Feb 2017
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Hard year - depression; faith in progress still. World"s fair as celebration of independence 100 yrs. Biggest show ever put on by us gov"t & private industry. Huge crowds: 10 million out of 46 million came. Slide show or amusement park on edges. Buildings = cast iron & roof was glass. Till this point only the torch of the statue of liberty was completed & put on exhibit. Double picture = stereopticon - 3 dimension. Triumph of steam - machinery hall largest building in world. Backstage - labor conflict, growth of trusts or monopolies ~ buy up smaller companies. John d rockefeller standard oil company controls 90% 1892 - long distance call from california. Celebration of agricultural progress - advances in agricultural technology, different products of diff states. Backstage - conflict over rr rates, grangers ~ farmer resistance movement - to farmers rr were monopoly. Shipping cost greater than the value of the product.
