Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Industrialization's Side Effects. Mrs. John Edwards cleans house as two of her five children relax around new television set bought with the help of Mrs. Edward's earnings at a new factory in Cleveland, Ga. Most of the money earned by the new breed of Southern workers, typified by Mrs. Edwards, goes into the home. As industrial revolution sweeps the South, the new workers are creating an expanding consumer's market. Many Southern workers are buying not only homes and wearing apparel, but farm machinery and land. How do the people in Cleveland feel about the arrival of industry? "It's just the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us," says Mrs. Edwards, her eyes sparkling.
Industrialization's Side Effects. Mrs. John Edwards cleans house as two of her five children relax around new television set bought with the help of Mrs. Edward's earnings at a new factory in Cleveland, Ga. Most of the money earned by the new breed of Southern workers, typified by Mrs. Edwards, goes into the home. As industrial revolution sweeps the South, the new workers are creating an expanding consumer's market. Many Southern workers are buying not only homes and wearing apparel, but farm machinery and land. How do the people in Cleveland feel about the arrival of industry? "It's just the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us," says Mrs. Edwards, her eyes sparkling.
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Industrialization's Side Effects. Mrs. John Edwards cleans house as two of her five children relax around new television set bought with the help of Mrs. Edward's earnings at a new factory in Cleveland, Ga. Most of the money earned by the new breed of Southern workers, typified by Mrs. Edwards, goes into the home. As industrial revolution sweeps the South, the new workers are creating an expanding consumer's market. Many Southern workers are buying not only homes and wearing apparel, but farm machinery and land. How do the people in Cleveland feel about the arrival of industry? "It's just the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us," says Mrs. Edwards, her eyes sparkling.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. August 1953]

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