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Delta Thresher: 1940
... of an ostensibly prosaic subject. John Vachon's stockyard workers on lunch break was another striking example of especially memorable ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/13/2020 - 4:48pm -

June 1940. "La Delta Project. Driver of combine threshing oats. Thomastown, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
What are you looking at?I love Marion Post Wolcott's work, as well as that of the other FSA photographers. This piece is particularly fine, with its heroic treatment of an ostensibly prosaic subject. John Vachon's stockyard workers on lunch break was another striking example of especially memorable imagery.
With its daily presentation of so much exemplary work, I would be more than a little surprised were Shorpy not assigned viewing in certain pedagogic realms.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)

Chrysler Gargoyle: Spring 1977
... executive dining room with great WPA era murals of auto workers and all this bling. No one around. Found the fire stairs. Climbed up ... 
 
Posted by BillHosley - 01/25/2011 - 2:34pm -

Dumb luck. Waiting for a Sunday morning train at 6 a.m. out of New York. Train delayed. Found myself with an hour or so to kill. Went out for stroll with camera and entered the Chrysler Building. Asked sleepy guard if he minded if I took some photos of the elevator and lobby.
Unobserved, took the elevator to the top floor which opened into the Cloud Club, a deluxe executive dining room with great WPA era murals of auto workers and all this bling. No one around. Found the fire stairs. Climbed up another 4-5 stories 'till I could go no further.
Opened (Yes, it did!) the highest window I could find at the peak of the spire. Looked down and shot this. Hopped the elevator (after swiping some Cloud Club matches and sugar packets), exited the building, caught my train and that was that. View full size.
Aluminum EagleIt took me forever to figure out what this was a photo of:
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No Picnic: 1940
... wife unpacking a trunk at tent camp for defense workers in Mission Valley, California, which is about three miles from San ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2018 - 6:34pm -

        By May 1941, defense jobs had 1,500 people moving into San Diego every day -- seven months before Pearl Harbor.
December 1940. "Carpenter's wife unpacking a trunk at tent camp for defense workers in Mission Valley, California, which is about three miles from San Diego." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee documenting life in Southern California during the "Blitz Boom" of 1940. View full size.
Locker luggageMy dad was career Army so we had four or five footlockers just like that stenciled with his name and rank. I inherited them and used one while in the Air Force. Then my kids used them for Boy Scout summer camps and for going off to college. We still have two that serve as coffee tables in our basement game room. 
(The Gallery, Camping, Russell Lee)

Other Small Ones: 1912
... Fall River, Mass. "In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/26/2017 - 8:05am -

January 1912. Fall River, Mass. "In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion Street. Other small ones are: John Sousa, 84 Boutwell St.; Anthony Valentin, 203 Pitman St.; Manuel Perry, 124 Everett St.; John Travaresm [Taveresm?], 90 Cash St. The difficulty they had in writing their names was pathetic. When I asked the second hand in charge of the room to let the boys go outside a moment and let me get a snap-shot, he objected, saying they would stay out and not be in shape to work. When they carry dinners, they breathe the close air of the spinning room from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with no let-up." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
(The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)

Bayreuth Market, 1904
... negative. These women are possibly itinerant agricultural workers looking for employment; they don't seem to be selling anything. View ... 
 
Posted by billinmn - 09/21/2011 - 12:13am -

One of a series of images taken in Europe in 1904 by an unknown photographer. Scanned from the nitrocellulose negative. These women are possibly itinerant agricultural workers looking for employment; they don't seem to be selling anything. View full size.
Cop on the beat.This photo has a lot of pith if you look for it.  The interesting thing is the policeman walking his beat around the square, in his spiked helmet and brass buttons.  The Kaiser's Germany truly ran on obeyed rules and well defined cultural roles--what Marxists call hegemonies.  Imperial Germany was social sandstone: complex societal roles you could depend on laid down in layers.  It was a "buttoned down" society by popular consent.  In less than twenty years it all collapsed.  By 1921 urban women of the age of those in the photograph would be eating restaurant waste out of garbage cans in city alleyways.  Then along came Hitler.  
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Harvest Home: 1940
... surrounded by barbed wire fence, house Negro agricultural workers from Florida who have come to work the Eastern Shore strawberry, onion ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/31/2018 - 1:59pm -

July 1940. "In the new home of a group of migrants just arrived at Onley, Virginia. Barracks, surrounded by barbed wire fence, house Negro agricultural workers from Florida who have come to work the Eastern Shore strawberry, onion and cabbage fields in picking, grading and canning." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Good for what ails youI guess someone had thyroid trouble.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano)

Halloween Apples
... Reed Park Pavilion in Freeport, Illinois. The people are workers from the W.T. Rawleigh Company in that city. My mother is fifth from ... 
 
Posted by burmashave - 12/03/2009 - 2:46pm -

A little late for Halloween but an interesting look at Halloween, circa 1948. This photo was taken at the Reed Park Pavilion in Freeport, Illinois. The people are workers from the W.T. Rawleigh Company in that city. My mother is fifth from the left in the apple line. View full size.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Halloween)

Prison Break: 1943
... activities at the prison, chats with several Red Cross workers." Photo by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 05/17/2015 - 9:47am -

1943, Marin County, California. "Coffee and cakes taste pretty good to these San Quentin prisoners who have just given blood to the Red Cross mobile unit. Of the hundreds of men who volunteered to give blood to the bank, 150 were taken care of during the unit's four-hour visit to the penitentiary. Warden Clinton T. Duffy (black overcoat), who encourages such activities at the prison, chats with several Red Cross workers." Photo by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full size.
(Ann Rosener, WW2)

Ocean View: 1941
... March 1941. "Facilities at trailer camp for construction workers. Ocean View, outskirts of Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/14/2019 - 2:07pm -

March 1941. "Facilities at trailer camp for construction workers. Ocean View, outskirts of Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
(The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids)

Outdoor Plumbing: 1941
... August 1941. "Water supply for four families of sugar beet workers. Saginaw Farms, Michigan, an FSA project." Photo by John Vachon for the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/05/2020 - 7:40pm -

August 1941. "Water supply for four families of sugar beet workers. Saginaw Farms, Michigan, an FSA project." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Kids)

Battle of the Overpass: 1937
... Overpass when Ford's hired "goons" beat up striking auto workers. The complete story is here . My dad, James E. (Scotty) Kilpatrick, ... 
 
Posted by highlandco - 04/19/2013 - 7:32pm -

This is my dad's original copy of the Detroit News photo of the Battle of the Overpass when Ford's hired "goons" beat up striking auto workers.  The complete story is here. My dad, James E. (Scotty) Kilpatrick, took the shots and hid the glass plates in his car and gave them blanks.  The photos were on the front page the next day. View full size.
Glass plates?This is a great picture and of course the picture that inspired the Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Very cool that your Dad was the photographer.
I have to say though that what he gave the goons were either empty or unexposed film packs, not glass plates. Other pictures of the incident show him shooting with a 4x5 Speed Graphic. He was either using two-shot film packs which carried two pieces of sheet film with removable dark slides. One shot. insert the dark slide flip the pack, remove the dark slide, second shot, insert the dark slide, reload. They also made multipacks that were a little faster to use, (although I don't know if they made them for the 4x5.)
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Dynasert
... assembly tasks. Mechanical contrivances have replaced workers in feeding the materials, making the necessary connections on the ... 
 
Posted by Hoople365 - 08/15/2012 - 3:53pm -

Here’s the Dynasert. If you have a room full of them, they do things. Shorpy-ites, please feel free to explain what this machine is capable of. A Polaroid print found in my parents' Box of  Curly Photos.View full size.
Ribbon or trimming?I didn't find Dynasert in a trademark search, and the patent result was for something that seemed to test electrical components.
This looks like it is making some type of ribbon or sewing trimming.
The way it's gathered, it looks to be fabric rather than paper.
From the clothes, I'd guess early 60s.
All pure speculation, alas.
Sorry, guess I blew that one, but it did LOOK like ribbon.
Not for shoesThe Dynasert, introduced by the United Shoe Machine Corporation in the mid-1950s, was an automatic insertion machine used for assembling electronic components (resistors, diodes, capacitors, etc.) onto printed circuit boards—then called printed wiring boards.  The components were packaged on paper strips in those large rolls mounted above the machines.  The machine took the component out of the paper; cut the wire 'legs' to length; bent them to the proper fit; and inserted the component into the proper holes on the board.
In his 1959 book "Industrial Administration," Stanley Vance cited an April 27, 1957 Business Week article and wrote:

Delco Radio Division of General Motors Corporation uses a 46-station Dynasert machine to perform 46 successive assembly tasks.   Mechanical contrivances have replaced workers in feeding the materials, making the necessary connections on the printed circuit boards, and performing all other operations.  However, since less than 50 out of the 193 assembly steps required in the making of a car radio can presently be mechanized, there is still considerable hand fitting at certain phases of the operation outside the automated 46 sequences performed on the Dynasert machine. 
The picture above shows a 20-station Dynasert machine.
Dynasert's main competitors were The General Electric Automatic Assembly System, and The Autofab, made by The Mechanical Division of General Mills, Inc.
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Blacksmiths Peter and Harry Lawrence
... chisels and other steel devices used by the city workers who operated air hammers in street construction and repair. Peter was a ... 
 
Posted by u02bnpx - 07/11/2008 - 2:26pm -

My grandfather Peter Lawrence, left, and his son Harry operated a welding and blacksmith shop in Erie, PA from the 1920s to 1948, when Peter died. They began by shoeing horses, but with the advent of cars, they switched mainly to heating, tempering and sharpening chisels and other steel devices used by the city workers who operated air hammers in street construction and repair. Peter was a native of Riga, Latvia and never learned to drive or to speak English.  
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The Devil & Miss Jones: 1941
... original with the caption "October 1941. "Theatre in workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts." For whatever reason, we're craving ... 
 
Posted by SirCarl - 08/14/2016 - 6:02pm -

My colorized version of this Shorpy original with the caption "October 1941. "Theatre in workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts." For whatever reason, we're craving a Coke. Photo by John Collier."
(Colorized Photos)

Miners at Angels Camp
This is a photo of a group of workers at a mine in Angels Camp, California, sometime before 1930. One of the ... 
 
Posted by ndlxs - 04/04/2011 - 10:32am -

This is a photo of a group of workers at a mine in Angels Camp, California, sometime before 1930. One of the guys is my wife's great uncle, Earl Chapman. View full size.
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Drip-Dry: 1943
... Farms, war duration residence hall for women government workers." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/24/2016 - 2:01pm -

June 1943. "Arlington, Virginia. Washing clothes in one of the laundry rooms at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, war duration residence hall for women government workers." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information. View full size.
(The Gallery, D.C., Esther Bubley, WW2)

California Gold Miners
Another photo of a group of workers at a mine in Angels Camp, California. One of the people is my wife's ... 
 
Posted by ndlxs - 04/04/2011 - 10:33am -

Another photo of a group of workers at a mine in Angels Camp, California. One of the people is my wife's great uncle, Earl Chapman. View full size.
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Lives shortened
... Association Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local #5. Dec. 21, 1945." I found this 10" x 17" print at a swap meet. ... 
 
Posted by Cazzorla - 08/25/2020 - 9:57am -

"International Association Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local #5. Dec. 21, 1945." I found this 10" x 17" print at a swap meet. View full size.
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Name That Ship!
... suffering through a couple of layoffs, like all shipyard workers, I eventually became a piping inspector in the nuclear submarine ... 
 
Posted by Jim Page - 09/21/2012 - 9:35pm -

Another slide from the past. This ship may be, according to a web history I found, the Argentina, but my recollection from those days was that it was named the Amazon Princess or something similar. 
My dad worked on the vessel as an electrician during slack periods in his flying, and he took me up in his float plane to watch it being launched. It was 1958 or so at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
I was in the first grade, so my memory is rather hazy regarding details. Dad had built a little ramp/turntable tiedown for his pontoon-fitted Super Cub on the Pascagoula River not far from the F.B. Walker and Sons Dry Dock. I have several photos of all that if anyone is interested in seeing them. View full size.
See more photos?Jim Page, we are Shorpy-ites, so, of course, we want to see more photos!
Plus, I grew up in Gulfport, so this is close to home.
TwinsThese two ships (the white hulled one on the left and the one to its right that is surrounded by scaffolding and has a crane off its starboard quarter) were the last passenger luxury ocean liners ever built in the United States.  Parts for their construction were gathered from all of the (then) 48 states.
Bidding $24,444,181 per ship, Ingalls Shipyards—still the largest private employer in Mississippi—had won the contract from Moore-McCormack Lines to build replacements for aging ships of the same names that had been built in 1928.  The earlier ships were owned by the United States Federal Maritime Board and operated by Moore-McCormack Lines.  As part of a $3,500,000,000 program to rebuild America’s merchant marine fleet, the Federal Maritime Board contributed about $20,000,000 toward the cost of building the two new passenger liners.
They were known by many names during their more than 45-year careers.  Perhaps some of us sailed on them without knowing their original names.
On the left is the S.S. Brasil (correct spelling), which was launched on December 16, 1957.   Renamed the Universe for scrapping, she was beached at Alang, India in late 2004.  From 1996 to 2004, as the Universe Explorer, she had been part of the Semester at Sea program sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh and administered by the Institute for Shipboard Education.
During her career she had been known as: Brasil (1958-72); Volendam (1972-75); Monarch Sun (1975-78); Volendam (again, 1978-84); Island Sun (floating hotel in  Quebec, 1984-85); Liberté (1985-87); Canada Star (1987-89); Queen of Bermuda (1989-90);, Enchanted Seas (1990-95); and Universe Explorer (1995-2004).  In Hong Kong for extensive refurbishing to return her to cruise ship status, she was instead sold to scrappers in November 2004 and renamed Universe.  Later that month the Universe, f/k/a S.S. Brasil sailed for Alang, India, where she was beached at high tide on December 7, 2004.
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The one to her right is her sister ship, the S.S. Argentina, which was launched on March 12, 1958.  Renamed New Orleans for scrapping, she was beached at Alang, India in December 2003.
During her career she had been known as: Argentina (1958-72); Veendam (1972-72); Brasil (1974-76); Monarch Star (1976-78); Veendam (again, 1978-84); Bermuda Star (1984-90); Enchanted Isle (1990-94); Hotel Commodore (floating hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994-95);, Enchanted Isle (again, 1995-2003).  On December 30, 2000 the Enchanted Isle docked at Violet, Louisiana after her owner declared bankruptcy.
Between December 30, 2000 and September 5, 2003 the  Enchanted Isle was sold a number of times, but never left the dock.  On September 6 the last buyer renamed her New Orleans and soon began repairs that would allow her to sail under her own power to the breakers in Alang, India.  The New Orleans,  f/k/a S.S. Argentina, arrived there on December 4, 2003 and was beached five days later.
Information on the full careers of both the S.S. Brasil and the S.S. Argentina can be found here on the right side of the list under "The Modern Fleet (1958 to 1969)."
Another site with great pictures can be found here.  Be sure to follow the "SS Brasil & Argentina to SS Universe Explorer INDEX" links at the bottom of the page.
Yes, More PhotosI would love to see what photos you have from that time frame. I was 23 yrs old when I started work at Ingalls in July 1957 as a helper in the Fab Shop. I remember the Brasil and Argentina very well. That is the Brasil on #1 Way, apparently being launched. Argentina is just south of her.
By 1958 I was a pipe welder working on the Eagle Tankers and the destroyers. After suffering through a couple of layoffs, like all shipyard workers, I eventually became a piping inspector in the nuclear submarine program and then advanced to a test director. That was the most enjoyable time of my working career. Sea trials with Admiral Hyman Rickover, first dives to test depth, working with ships crews to complete the construction, idiot officers and competent enlisted men, freedom to perform what needed to be done to get the job done and many stories to tell - most of which people would tend not believe. Of all the Boats I worked on, Haddock was my favorite.  I left Ingalls in 1974 when they ended their participation in the Submarine program and joined the Bechtel Power Corporation. They were a fine company to work for and took me all over the United States and part of the far east working on nuclear power plants. I have many tales to tell that would probably bore the horns off of a Billy Goat.
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Blizzard of '78
... the National Guard came and evacuated all the patients and workers using the Red Cross trucks like on the TV show, M.A.S.H. They moved ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 05/08/2015 - 7:40pm -

Akron, Ohio. Note the cars entirely buried in the snow. That was a crazy blizzard. View full size.
Great photoI remember that blizzard; I was 16 and living in Worcester, Mass.  We had the whole month of February off from school.  A nursing home in my neighborhood needed help and they came and picked me up on a snowmobile.  The roof of the nursing home started to collapse after a few hours and the the National Guard came and evacuated all the patients and workers using the Red Cross trucks like on the TV show, M.A.S.H.  They moved everyone to an empty nursing home about a mile away.  It was quite the storm.
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Keeping "The Old Reliable" Reliable
... a gasoline powered utility rail vehicle used to transport workers, tools and materials to and from job sites. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by Hylott L. Armstr... - 03/02/2012 - 11:15pm -

This photo was shot sometime in the late 1920's at a depot of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (the L & N ..... "the old reliable").  Those in the photo are a "Bridge Gang" employed by the L & N, whose work was that of maintaining, repairing and building railroad bridges.  My father, Hylott L. Armstrong, Sr., is in the photo, i.e. the 4th person from the left of the seated row.  They are seated on what was known to railroad employees as a "motor car" ..... a gasoline powered utility rail vehicle used to transport workers, tools and materials to and from job sites.
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Uncle John aboard the Steam Ship Heronpool, circa 1910
... the rest were mainly engineers from Cammell Laird. Laird's workers were offered the opportunity to disembark prior to the dive, but all ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 09/25/2011 - 8:07pm -

My great uncle John Tocher, seated at right, aboard the Steam Ship Heronpool, circa 1910. Engineer, designer of the Portobello Wave Pool, Edinburgh. He went on to be a successful engineer. My new-found cousin, Mags, John's grand-daughter sent me this photo. View full size.
Uncle John narrowly missed death in the sinking of the submarine HMS Thetis on its maiden voyage. Uncle John suffered from claustrophobia and decided not to go aboard. It sank, with 99 lives aboard lost. Two men managed to escape through a hatch and four others died trying the same escape route.
"On June 1, 1939, Thetis prepared to make its maiden voyage.
The voyage was to be a test run and dive in the home waters of Liverpool Bay.
Conditions on board were extremely cramped, with the submarine carrying 103 men - twice the number she was designed to carry. Thetis being launched Many aboard were engineers from Cammell Lairds. Only 69 of Thetis's crew were sailors, the rest were mainly engineers from Cammell Laird. Laird's workers were offered the opportunity to disembark prior to the dive, but all chose to stay aboard."
For three days, those trapped inside the submarine waited for rescue before succumbing to the effects to carbon dioxide poisoning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series7/thetis.shtml
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Pole Raising
Workers piking a pole into place. Location and date unknown. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by robertinaz - 12/02/2010 - 10:01am -

Workers piking a pole into place. Location and date unknown. View full size.
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Old Iron Sides (Colorized): 1907
... sills with people sitting on them, and various people and workers. I tried to make every person different, each of the boats different, ... 
 
Posted by Popeyelegs - 07/14/2017 - 8:00pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. Colorized with Gimp.  This took me about twelve hours.  I hope the resolution stays sharp after the upload.  You can zoom in even on little dogs running around, all of the differently-colored window sills with people sitting on them, and various people and workers.  I tried to make every person different, each of the boats different, and every building a slightly different color of brick or wood. View full size.
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Melbourne Boot Factory: 1890
My Great Grandfather at front with his fellow workers and brothers outside of a boot makers work shop in Melbourne Australia, ... 
 
Posted by KJ - 09/13/2011 - 8:00pm -

My Great Grandfather at front with his fellow workers and brothers outside of a boot makers work shop in Melbourne Australia, 1890. View full size.
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Suburban Dreams: Spring 1962
... see how it was taking shape. My father took this photo as workers were starting on the chimney; the square pipes in the front yard will ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/06/2013 - 9:56pm -

With the birth of my brother in June 1961, the one bathroom, three bedroom mini ranch house in Levittown, Pennsylvania became too small. So my parents hired a builder to create their dream home at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, New Jersey. As it was getting close to completion, we drove over each weekend to see how it was taking shape. My father took this photo as workers were starting on the chimney; the square pipes in the front yard will become its inner walls. At this time there was no Leabrook Lane in front of it yet; there was just a dirt path for the construction trucks. There was also no electricity, but the basic house was complete. It just needed things like drywall, a front door, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and, of course, the electric company to come and put in a few more power poles. Based on the full leaves on the trees in the back yard, I am guessing this is May 1962. View full size.
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Empire State Building: 1940
... on the back says, "Ice Falling From Empire State Bldg. Two workers clearing ice on the outside of the 86th floor, with warm water." ... 
 
Posted by John.Debold - 06/26/2018 - 9:45am -

In my collection from years ago. Writing on the back says, "Ice Falling From Empire State Bldg. Two workers clearing ice on the outside of the 86th floor, with warm water." Credit: ACME. March 15, 1940. 
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Inside A-1 Steel
Vancouver, B.C., in the 1940s. Workers inside A-1 Steel Tom Sr.(R) owner. Those are patterns on the tables. ... 
 
Posted by mopajo - 04/11/2009 - 5:58pm -

Vancouver, B.C., in the 1940s. Workers inside A-1 Steel Tom Sr.(R) owner. Those are patterns on the tables. The steel industry was taking shape and most of what my Grandpa Tom made here was chain to carry logs to the sawmills downriver. View full size.
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Springfield Tanners: 1938
Summer 1938. "Tannery workers in Springfield, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/26/2014 - 3:11pm -

Summer 1938. "Tannery workers in Springfield, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Train at Teepookana Tasmania: 1898
... the start of the annual picnic trains that took mine workers each year to the Port of Strahan for a company picnic day until the ... 
 
Posted by 1dodge950 - 03/02/2018 - 8:44pm -

Photo is from my children's great-great-grandfather's possessions. Frederick Ormiston Henry was a pioneer trader and early shareholder in the Mt. Lyell Mine. This Mt. Lyell train may be part of an official opening ceremony or possibly the start of the annual picnic trains that took mine workers each year to the Port of Strahan for a company picnic day until the 1960s. The photo is captioned "1898 With best wishes for a prosperous and happy New Year to you all from (Indecipherable)" maybe Prineys Linder?
The Mt. Lyell Mine on the west coast of Tasmania was developed in the 1890s within the vast West Coast Wilderness area. The rail link over the rivers and ranges provided access from 1897 to the (short lived) river Port of Teepookana (pictured). The railway ran until 1963 and reopened as a tourist railway using the original ABT System locomotives on 27 December 2002 as the Abt Wilderness Railway. It stills runs today. View full size.
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