Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Circa 1930, I wonder if they were testing prototype Buegler pinstripe tools; introduced 1934, pat'd 1935.

Did somebody say "patent"?

US Patent 1,988,710, Granted to S. B. Beugler in 1935

[skibo]

I see they were wearing shorter dresses than usual, maybe for safety reasons, but why the 2-3" heels,they had to sore feet after work!

[hemmjo]

I was taken by the clean, bright work space.

Also the five women on the near side of the line appear to be working, the 4 on the other side, looking through the windows, appear to be watching the camera.

[Jon]

Fish splitting. Biddeford Pool, Maine. 1880.

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[IntheGroove]

The smell...

[skibo]

I could smell it the minute I opened it!

[Frank S]

A tie is only good to have around is you are expecting to be hung by it. So said my grandfather who was a carpenter a framer finished and cabinet maker in his later years his roots went back to farming. One day a man showed up at the family farm looking for work he was wearing sturdy work clothes and a tie.
Gramps told him son I don't think you will work out here.
Why not sir?
nothing personal it is just the only men who wear ties are lawyers Politian's and mucky mucks who think their worth is more than it is. I can buy many of them for what they think they are worth then sell them for what they are really worth and the deduction on my taxes would offset my loss.
I only wore the tie to make a first impression sir.
Well you did now seek employment elsewhere had you showed up with calluses on your hands and a pair of fence gloves in your back pocket I might have tried you out he said.
I've lived by that all my life

[hemmjo]

The smell was my first thought also.

[Toolmaker51]

Evy'buddies joking about the smell. When I saw and clicked the pic my reaction was similar, thinking "good thing THAT didn't get recorded!"

And what ever reason, I forget to investigate patents. I'm vaguely familiar with striping tools. Compared with 'artistic' stripers with fine brushes, mechanical stripers are miniature paint rollers. Ideal for a long parallel line. Wheels can be interchanged for width and combinations of width.
But either way, it's all in the little finger!

[jdurand]

They're all from Salt Lake City so they didn't notice any smell.

Paused once along the Great Salt Lake for a rest and someone else stopped, inhaled deeply and said "I come here for the fresh air."