Born Yesterday: Dramaturgy Guide
Prepared by Madison Delk
Gender Gap
History of Junkyards/Salvagers
Examples of Early Salvagers
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Miners 450 BC: Without the innovative technology we have access to today, the minors struggled to get copper. This made them very frugal and resourceful humans. Therefore, the birth of recycling objects to make tools began.
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Parts of the Roman Coliseum came from the St Peter's Basilica
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Spanish conquistadors destroyed Aztec buildings to construct their own cities
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Geoffrey Chaucer, who was considered England’s first great poet, was employed to keep track of the country’s scrap metal in the 14th century
History of Mass-Producing
(1600s-1900s)
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Scrap dealers began by reselling rags in order to make paper. Rags used to be as valuable as a ton of aluminum is today. This was changed by the western railroad expansion (1876) when they learned to mass produce paper from lumber.
Industrial revolution (1760)
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brought about mass produced metal. Metal, wagon parts, and building materials became lifeblood of industry. It was sold second hand or broken down to be recycled.
Junkyards Gained popularity during WWI and WWII – helped feed war machine
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1960s Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson, wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, started the “keep America beautiful” campaign.
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Lawmakers passed ordinances prohibiting junkyards to exist within eyesight of major highways. Many were forced to build large perimeter walls to keep from being seen.
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