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- Freeze Frame
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- 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
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Take a Letter: 1911
May 22, 1911. "Buhl Stamping Co., Detroit, Mich. Office from inside." Last seen here, from across the counter. Office-Boy, finally off the phone, is now on the filing cabinet, while Miss Shorthand has changed desks to take some dictation. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
The anchor
Sliver of the lit floor coming through the door is the key to the composition.
Electric meter ID
Visible through the doorway, high on the brick wall, appears to be a Fort Wayne Type K, with the top terminal block option.
Housekeeping in the teens
I am always amazed at how filthy the floors are in these old pictures. How hard is it to run a mop over it? 10 minutes a day right before closing wouldn't cost anything. The rest of the place is pretty tidy, it's like they just don't see it.
[The was the factory office where the workers tromped in for their paychecks. Mopping happens after these folks go home for the night. And: That might not even be dirt, but where the finish has worn off the floorboards. - Dave]
What in tarnation?
Is that contraption on the pillar?
[Fire alarm. - Dave]
Married to Eileen
Judging from his posture in these photos, I'd guess the Office Boy is named McLean.
What this place really needs
... is an Office Christmas Party.
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