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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Grainslinger: 1941
July 1941. "Sacked wheat being stored in warehouse. Touchet, Walla Walla County, Washington." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Three-bushel weight
I was so impressed by the sewn end of the grain sack that I found out the sack was generally made of jute, sewn shut with hemp twine. The weight of a three-bushel sack would be 120 pounds for oats, 150 for barley, and 180 for wheat.
Hot work
That looks like a hot, dusty, scratchy, itchy job.
No Gym Needed Here
This job gives him quite the workout!
The Mystery Man Strikes A-Grain
The man in the back left startled me. Interesting hat, too!
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