Vintage work crew photos

**skibo** · Sep 14, 2019, 12:58 PM

I see a very different world here in the young people then working very hard and in dangerous environment's as these young men. I I do not feel this is good nor would I want to do this type of work in the dangerous coal dust, but considering the time and all it was sometimes all there was, it don't make it right but it still structured our Country as it grew! These were Men and Women that were "real" young Men and Women, even if working in a coal mine or building a steam locomotive or hammering steel in a ship yard or tilling a field for the Counties food, at least you'll not find a "Man Bun or a ear ring on anyone of them!! We are loosing our next generation of Men and to some degree the Women also! I Just see what I see every day in my retired life!

**Jon** · Sep 14, 2019, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by skibo

it don't make it right but it still structured our Country as it grew

There is a quote commonly attributed to apocalyptic author and retired Marine G. Michael Hopf that well encapsulates your point, and that we see illustrated in many of these vintage work crew photos. It goes like this:

"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."

**Jon** · Sep 14, 2019, 03:00 PM

A 17 MVA hydroelectric generator being constructed at the Siemens Dynamowerk in Berlin, 1955.

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**Ralphxyz** · Sep 14, 2019, 03:15 PM

Two of the guys are doing precision assemble work with a hammer and one looks like he is trimming something with tin snips. The generator is probable still working.