Vintage work crew photos

**old_toolmaker** · May 15, 2022, 06:57 PM

I have read about using peat moss as a wound dressing. Used extensively by Native Americans. Maybe to this day!

**Jon** · May 22, 2022, 12:54 PM

Shoe factory cutting room. Brockton, Massachusetts. 1908.

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

**jimfols** · May 22, 2022, 01:27 PM

Shoe factory cutting room. Brockton, Massachusetts. 1908.

i always appreciate a well made and well fitting pair of boots or shoes.

**Jon** · May 29, 2022, 11:26 AM

Loading bricks in the masonry shop. Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, Pennsylvania. May, 1945.

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

**jimfols** · May 29, 2022, 12:57 PM

When I first saw the photo I thought of Government Cheese from the early 80s.

**IntheGroove** · May 29, 2022, 02:00 PM

The Government is sitting on 1.4 billion pounds of cheese...

**12bolts** · May 29, 2022, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by IntheGroove

The Government is sitting on 1.4 billion pounds of cheese...

Begs the question. Why?

**old_toolmaker** · May 29, 2022, 06:36 PM

Appears to be a lot of manual labor like most operations during that era. Little to no automation.

**Toolmaker51** · May 29, 2022, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by old_toolmaker

Appears to be a lot of manual labor like most operations during that era. Little to no automation.

Being 1945, some of those will be discharged servicepeople. Just prior to this, sufficient production to supply the entire free world. Compared with more recent times, quality control was in hand, at the production level, not surplus levels of management. The work ethic and experience fueled the economy decades beyond, also creating a few new companies. All that equates into a portion of job satisfaction.