Vintage work crew photos

**bruce.desertrat** · Feb 17, 2020, 01:49 PM

Possibly although the only etymological reference I can find with a cursory googling is this https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us.../circular-file which says it first appears in the 1945-50 time range.

Also, that usage is contraindicated by the fact that the label is on one of the filing cabinets, not the trash bin.

**unbent** · Feb 17, 2020, 06:35 PM

It appears the stated date of the photo is off by about 20 years. The dress style is more like 1948.

**mklotz** · Feb 17, 2020, 03:19 PM

I think IntheGroove has nailed it...

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**Jon** · Feb 17, 2020, 03:42 PM

Good call guys. Also found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_out_circular

**greyhoundollie** · Feb 17, 2020, 05:08 PM

Things like news papers were sometimes refereed to as circulars. Things like weekly or monthly advisories in a government organization are sometimes referred to as circulars also.

**Jon** · Feb 18, 2020, 09:40 AM

"Workers on the first moving assembly line put together magnetos and flywheels for 1913 Ford autos" Highland Park, Michigan

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...s_fullsize.jpg

**Frank S** · Feb 23, 2020, 12:22 PM

Years ago I needed some x rays done to my spine they laid lead blankets over every part of me but the area they were taking an image of then the tech stepped into an adjacent room to operate the machine. I could actually feel heat from the machine as it took the image. half an hour later we were looking at a compression fracture of my T12 vertebra
Just this past Friday night I went to our local hospital ER because a rusty staple had gouged into the first knuckle of my index finger on my left hand the tech rolled in a portable machine I placed my hand on it he stood there and took the images. seconds later he and I were looking at the computer screen showing a very tiny speck of rust embedded right in the knuckle joint. He was only a PA so he recommended I go to the main hospital ER some 71 miles away for them to make the evaluation. I told him that as small as it was I didn't think there was much to do about it but allow my body to deal with it. BUT NO he wouldn't have it since my hand had already began to swell, wanted to send my by ambulance to Abilene or Lubbock. I talked him out of that said I would drive. An hour and a half to get there an hour before I see a DR another round of pictures 2 specialists conferencing with that ER DR 2 hours later the result was there would be more damage to try and extract the speck and the recovery time would take longer than just leaving it alone and allow nature to take its course. I finally get home around 3 AM.
In retrospect if it hadn't been several years since I had a tetanus shot I would have just gone to my fridge and grabbed the bottle of penicillin I keep for doctoring our critters grabbed a new syringe and needle given myself a shot and taken 2 Ibuprofen and called myself in the morning. Which was basically what they did other than write me a script. for some horse pills and charge my insurance company no telling how much. My hand is still swollen and my knuckle still hurts but I didn't have to self inject

**greyhoundollie** · Feb 18, 2020, 11:46 AM

Giving the men a stool to sit on would allow the line speed to be increased a bit. It would also insure fewer mistakes.

**NeiljohnUK** · Feb 19, 2020, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by greyhoundollie

Giving the men a stool to sit on would allow the line speed to be increased a bit. It would also insure fewer mistakes.

FMC didn't like ideas like that, when they took over a vehicle bodybuilders works near Southampton, where my father was the Union 'works convener' the first thing they did was replace all the lighting, removing old shaded and bare 'bulb' filament lamps and fitting fluorescent strip lights in rows 6 feet apart through out the whole place. Thus eliminating dark areas, good for seeing what your doing, and allowing you to be clearly seen by management, next all the tool cribs and other 'enclosures' were removed, again improving managements views and removing hidey-holes, then they added high level 'inspection' walkways, connected directly to the plant managers offices. From a Union point of view most of this was good, improved conditions, cleaning was done where it had been ignored before, improved safety and no carrying of 'slackers' by the rest!

**Frank S** · Feb 19, 2020, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

FMC didn't like ideas like that, when they took over a vehicle bodybuilders works near Southampton, where my father was the Union 'works convener' the first thing they did was replace all the lighting, removing old shaded and bare 'bulb' filament lamps and fitting fluorescent strip lights in rows 6 feet apart through out the whole place. Thus eliminating dark areas, good for seeing what your doing, and allowing you to be clearly seen by management, next all the tool cribs and other 'enclosures' were removed, again improving managements views and removing hidey-holes, then they added high level 'inspection' walkways, connected directly to the plant managers offices. From a Union point of view most of this was good, improved conditions, cleaning was done where it had been ignored before, improved safety and no carrying of 'slackers' by the rest!

In the beginning of the formulation of Unions they were a good thing for workers improving working conditions and installing safety protocols while quelling the greed of the manufacturing owners. However as with anything else when an opportunity for greed and corruption to arise what may start out as a good thing on the surface can quickly evolve into an ever increasingly overbearing monster.
Not all but a significant percentage of unions of today are more of a detriment to society than they are a good