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Piano Prodigy: 1922
... know? I recognize her It's a young (VERY YOUNG) Rosie O'Donnell! Sailor Suits This article explains the Sailor Suit ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/08/2013 - 5:30am -

November 1922. New York. "Evelione Taglione, 16-year-old pianist." As pictured, maybe a little closer to playing the violin. Bain News Service. View full size.
Uh Oh, Chuckie's ComingForget the cat lady in her midi dress and check out the expression of the doll on the far right, who seems to have her own toy cat (or maybe toy monkey) in her lap. 
Navy ThemeI've seen any number of photos from this era, both here and elsewhere.  What was the fashion facination girls/young women of the day had with naval chevrons on a navy themed jumper or dress?  Anyone know?
I recognize herIt's a young (VERY YOUNG) Rosie O'Donnell!
Sailor SuitsThis article explains the Sailor Suit theme.
Thank You Thanks for the link, eTraxx.  Very informative.  Notice how both here and in the link, the chevrons are those of a Chief Petty Officer?  No Seaman's rank for these ladies.  I gotta believe Old Salts of the time cringed when they saw little girls, and Donald Duck for that matter, walking around in their warrior suits!
RatingShe is wearing a Chief Quartermasters rating badge (QMC), on that highly modified uniform. 
I wonder if she choose that particular one because she knew somebody that had something to do with that rating, or if because of the nautical vibe that the Quartermasters rating badge conveys so very well with that ships wheel on it.
Cool to see for me either way.
Nov 1922She played Town Hall in NY in Nov of 1922 according to the NY Times. She sailed for Europe in April of 1926, on the Reliance - a ship from the American Lines, bound for Cherbourg, Southhampton and Hamburg.
Later became an Italian baroness and died mysteriously in 1959According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, she was found dead under water in a bathtub at the Drake Hotel on July 23, 1959. She was known as The Baroness Evelione Taglione Kelly. She was 56 and married to 39 year old portrait painter Daniel Kelly.
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/07/24/page/1/article/body-of-bar...
(The Gallery, Cats, G.G. Bain)

Shipshape: 1906
... worked with were good folks. There were even a couple of "Rosie the Riveter" kind of WWII era women still working there from the 1940s. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 12:33pm -

Ecorse, Michigan, circa 1906. "Great Lakes Engineering Works. Some of the shops." Our second look at this gritty shipyard near Detroit. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
RivetingI'm guessing the small barrels are full of rivets and the larger object amongst them appears to be a propeller blade, sometimes referred to as a "bucket."  The riveted platform is likely a dry dock with the keel laying blocks in position waiting for construction.
A windy dayWhat a great photo, must of been a windy day judging from the smoke coming out of the stacks, also like the guy sitting on the platform looking up at the cameraman taking shot. The neat steam operated water pump next to the steam operated winch, and wonder what was in all those barrels, including the really large one. 
GLEW in the 70sGreat Lakes was primarily a steel mill.  i worked there for a year while taking a break from college - in 1973.  Those sheds look very familiar.
By 1973, there was no ship production going on. Predominantly we made rolled steel and slabs.  I actually enjoyed working there -- the money was terrific for the time and the people I worked with were good folks.  There were even a couple of "Rosie the Riveter" kind of WWII era women still working there from the 1940s.
Windy Yes, but StillThat's a very interesting effect with the black smoke and the ghostly people walking around.  What was the typical exposure time for these dry plates?  I'd guess somewhere around 1-2 seconds?  Even with that, it certainly had to be very windy to blow the smoke so nearly horizontal.  
Slippery StuffI notice 3 things:
1. Oil drilling rigs to the right, on the horizon. (Yes Michigan has oil wells.)
2. Water being taken from the river for steam, and returned to the river (like all factories used to).
3. A small amount of oil in the water, probably from number 2. (If anyone puts oil in the water in Michigan today, they get a huge fine.)
Dry dockThe riveted end is indeed the open end of the dry dock.
(The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Factories, Railroads)

Wingwoman: 1942
... me so much of This reminds me so much of the popular "Rosie the Riveter" poster. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Alfred Palmer, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 12:02pm -

October 1942. Inglewood, California. North American Aviation drill operator in the control surface department assembling horizontal stabilizer section of an airplane. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
This reminds me so much ofThis reminds me so much of the popular "Rosie the Riveter" poster.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Alfred Palmer, Aviation, WW2)

Carries Cranberries: 1910
... Browns Mills, New Jersey. "Smallest girl is 10-year-old Rosie Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. Carries cranberries at White's Bog. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/30/2012 - 12:32pm -

September 28, 1910. Browns Mills, New Jersey. "Smallest girl is 10-year-old Rosie Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. Carries cranberries at White's Bog. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Whites BogMy grandfather was born in Philadelphia in 1920, and to this day, mentions his time spent working at Whites Bog as a child.
Cheap laborAmong my parents' generation in our South Jersey neighborhood were the children and grandchildren of immigrants from southern Europe.  I remember their stories of getting up before daylight to ride buses and trucks from Philadelphia across the Delaware to pick.  I don't specifically recall cranberries but there were blueberries and lots and lots of tomatoes.
Trains of one or two or three carloads would haul the produce from the farms down the middle of Front Street in Camden to be unloaded at the Campbell Soup building, seen from the Philadelphia side of the Delaware River in this Shorpy image. Maybe cranberries took the same trip to be canned at the Campbell plant but I don't recall ever seeing a carload of cranberries on Front Street.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Kids, Lewis Hine)

True Blue: 1943
... the Driller I can see why that never caught on like Rosie the Riveter. (The Gallery, Alfred Palmer, Aviation, Factories, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/01/2018 - 4:51pm -

February 1943. "Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, this woman is working on a 'Vengeance' dive bomber." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Drusilla the DrillerI can see why that never caught on like Rosie the Riveter.
(The Gallery, Alfred Palmer, Aviation, Factories, Nashville, WW2)
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