Vintage work crew photos

**Jon** · Oct 8, 2019, 10:42 AM

This study model in plaster in a scale of 1/5 inch = 1 foot was constructed by Emile Garet (wearing hat in photo), an architect sculptor, for the Architect of the Capitol as part of a 1904 report for the extension of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. It was constructed so that the extension could be removed to compare the Capitol as it then existed with the proposed changes of 1904. The delicate carvings and attention to detail made this model a popular attraction at international expositions in the early 20th century. It was displayed in the crypt of the Capitol from 1938 to 1976, when it was moved to this location. The extension of the East Front was ultimately constructed between 1958 and 1962.

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**Ralphxyz** · Oct 9, 2019, 08:35 AM

#1095 has some interesting black and white contrast right down to the asbestos pipe insulation.

**Jon** · Oct 9, 2019, 10:33 AM

Harvest workers. Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Undated.

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**Ralphxyz** · Oct 9, 2019, 02:48 PM

Looking for a needle in a haystack?

**Toolmaker51** · Oct 9, 2019, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

Looking for a needle in a haystack?

Possibly; as say, contact lenses hadn't been invented yet

**Beserkleyboy** · Oct 10, 2019, 03:48 PM

Ha! Seriously, 'Wagga', as the locals call it, is NSW largest inland city and a huge hub for the agriculture around. Explored 1829, surveyed 1849. Wagga means 'crow' in the local Aboriginal language. To form plurals, they repeat the word, thus Wagga Wagga means 'land of many crows'...And the locals also quip, 'Its so nice, they named it twice....
Jim on the Sth Coast NSW

**IntheGroove** · Oct 9, 2019, 04:21 PM

I bet there's a snake in that hay stack...

**Beserkleyboy** · Oct 10, 2019, 07:48 PM

IntheGroove,
yea...and it'd be an Eastern Brown snake...#2 in the venom stakes...cheers

**Jon** · Oct 10, 2019, 10:38 AM

Boiler shop crew. US Navy Yard. Mare Island, CA. 1901.

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**Hoosiersmoker** · Oct 11, 2019, 05:31 AM

Wonder what the six guys in the middle (and one guy on the left) looking to their right saw? I also love the older guy in the back perched above everyone else.