Vintage work crew photos

[marksbug]

cheep date....with low expectations.

[Jon]

Landing, cleaning, washing, and flaking fish at Sardine Cannery, Eastport, Maine, 1899.

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[Hoosiersmoker]

WOW! Historically an awesome operation, as a Food Safety Manager, Laying any type of food on the ground is a HUGE no no, even on racks like those. If I saw a restaurant laying food on the floor it would certainly be my last trip there!

[skibo]

I do believe the fish is laying on racks,not just laid out on the old creosoted planks, as you can see what seems to be a rack leaning up on the left side of this picture! Just my observation! We have to remember,people were on average more healthy then compared to today's generation, because the crap we and most of us people eat today!

[marksbug]

the floor may be cleaner than the racks....

[Ralphxyz]

and they were more healthy back then because of the crap they ate. The food they ate back then was all natural with a occasional
this or that thrown. The food eaten now is all processed, they good stuff has gotten processed out.

[Toolmaker51]

re: the Cannery picture. About 43 workers on that dock.
One glaring detail hit me immediately. See it?






Virtually all the men are posing, yet the women attend to work.

[Frank S]

There was a time when I wouldn't think twice about walking across on that plank.
But age may have brought about just a little wisdom in that area.

[hemmjo]

I did notice the women continuing to work as the men pose. Also, of the 43 workers, men and women, I see only 4 with NO HAT, they are men or boys.

Different times for sure.

[Jon]

with NO HAT

Obligatory Simpsons reference!