Vintage work crew photos

[cmarlow]

It is like system scaffolding. All of the tubes are precut and fit into manufactured couplings. The last thing you want is anybody doing "field modifications" because that would just mean the destruction of the set.

[Frank S]

You might enjoy reading something I wrote many years ago so I posted it
here Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies

[marksbug]

wow, those guys have quite a erection going on.

[marksbug]

well if your building it in whooville placement dont matter. but in the land of oz the horazontle parts all get progressively shorter for each stage. not hard just bundle each section at the cutten/welden shop so each floor stays togeather.and only let goober open 1 section at a time...might want to number the stages so goober dont open them in the rong order...thats if goober can count.and he has all his toes.

[Toolmaker51]

I count 3 goobers; that means trouble without one in charge.
Can hardly walk a step without finding a funny reference within here; and 3 voters have a tie....

[marksbug]

yup that one cat be toped,Im with you guys too.

[mwmkravchenko]

I built a full scale wooden one of these with an other guy in the National Museum in Hull across the Ottawa River from .. Ottawa.

45 feet up is a little interesting when you are working on a inward sloping tower like this. So is cutting the top pieces by hand saw. We held onto each other. No fear of heights until we were sawing off the last pieces and it dawns on you that you got nothing to hold on to. I don't even know if it is still in there. That was in 1997.

[marksbug]

hand me that saw this one is too short

[Jon]

Gorenflo Canning Company workers. Biloxi, Mississippi. March, 1911.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive at the factory as early as 5 o'clock, an hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp-foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good, they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10 and there were many more. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

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[marksbug]

I went through there last summer. mostly just gambling now. still some fishen/shrimpen boats, but nutten like it was back them . Can you imagine the stink in that place?? I see one black woman wearing a mask.