Vintage work crew photos

[greyhoundollie]

He is thinking, "When is it going to be MY Turn to drive!"?

[Hoosiersmoker]

The kid on the running board is Frank Sinatra right?

[volodar]

"the depth of field (the distance from the lens for objects to be in focus)". Not so. An acceptable, though subjective definition:

The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

[hemmjo]

AH, yes Volodar, I stand corrected, none the less, the depth of field in that photo on in question is VERY SHORT.

[Jon]

381/50mm cannons being built inside the Ansaldo Artillery Factory in Genoa, 1917

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[jimfols]

"381/50mm cannons being built inside the Ansaldo Artillery Factory in Genoa, 1917 "

I see the children are well represented.

Plus I always enjoy looking at rope rigging.

[Drew1966]

Agreed Jim, properly rigged ropes truly area thing of wonder. Not something most folks understand these days.

[Jon]

Breaking eggs in egg breaking plant. Chicago, Illinois. Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration July 1941.

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[hemmjo]

"381/50mm cannons being built inside the Ansaldo Artillery Factory in Genoa, 1917 "

I see the children are well represented.

Plus I always enjoy looking at rope rigging.

I wonder if they send the kids through the bore for cleaning and inspection?

[mklotz]

I wonder if they send the kids through the bore for cleaning and inspection?

No, I believe they're thoroughly scrubbed before being pushed through.