Vintage work crew photos

[jimfols]

I still enjoy using a broom.

[IntheGroove]

I sure a fair amount of what they picked up was from the horse...

[Ralphxyz]

A narrow street!

[bruce.desertrat]

Or all the other horses. That was WHY they had street sweepers in the first place...

[Hoosiersmoker]

That overflowing trash barrel in the back seems to indicate they either didn't empty them very often or everyone walked around wadding up paper and throwing it away.

[Jon]

Sailors turning capstan to weigh anchor. 1932.

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[IntheGroove]

"What shall we do with the drunken sailor?"...

[neilbourjaily]

I'm thinking this is from the USNA. We weren't using wooden sailing vessels in the 1930s, however midshipmen still had to learn how to sail.

[Jon]

Cocklepickers. Lancashire, England. 1916.

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[Jon]

Machine shop inside Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River, 1947.

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