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Building a new home
Submitted by sengel on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 4:47am.
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Siegen, Germany, 1956. My grandparents building their new house.
Who's building?
Submitted by Scrappy on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 9:23pm.
He's supervising and has the lumber handy after she gets done with the brick work. :) This is neat, before WWII work attire was much different than what we're used to.
Why Not?
Submitted by Lost World on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 6:06pm.
Why not wear a suit when building a house? I have a friend who wears French cuff dress shirts and a tie while working in his garden. Very old school, indeed.
Clothing choice
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 12:56pm.
Was this a staged photo, I wonder, or did this man really build his house while wearing a three-piece suit?
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