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This 1891 blueprint shows a billiards table factory in Chicago designed by renowned architects Adler & Sullivan. The building itself was a marvel of industrial design—built to house hundreds of workers and machines producing the recreation equipment found in American homes, saloons, and clubs.
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You walk into the vast factory floor at dawn. Shafts of light cut through tall windows as workers take their positions at lathes and presses. The smell of fresh wood and machine oil fills the air. Outside, Chicago's smokestacks rise against the sky—this is where ordinary Americans' leisure time gets made.
Reflect
What products do you use daily that are made in factories—and who builds them?