Vintage work crew photos

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 27, 2022, 10:59 AM

2736* I saw that gang in line for lottery tickets, each with more confidence than cohorts, "this one here, it's a gonna be the big one".

**Hoosiersmoker** · Nov 29, 2022, 07:33 AM

I got email notification that mansworld responded to this thread but I don't see it here? Wonder why?

**hemmjo** · Nov 29, 2022, 08:05 AM

That post got moved. I searched for "tobacco" to find it.. Tobacco

**Duke_of_URL** · Nov 29, 2022, 10:37 AM

Look close, those boys were rolling their own filterless "straights." They couldn't afford them 'fancy' store-bought smokes on their wages.

**Jon** · Dec 4, 2022, 09:07 AM

Steam donkey crew. Vancouver, BC. 1917.

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**Jon** · Dec 11, 2022, 09:07 AM

Blacksmiths. Despatch, NY. 1904.

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**IntheGroove** · Dec 11, 2022, 12:39 PM

That horizontal press is beautiful...

**Inflight** · Dec 12, 2022, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by IntheGroove

That horizontal press is beautiful...

The Grandfather of all modern OBI presses. Nice machine!

**hemmjo** · Dec 12, 2022, 04:57 PM

Did we see a different photo of that same shop a while ago? Or was that just a common way to build shops of that nature?

**schuylergrace** · Dec 12, 2022, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Did we see a different photo of that same shop a while ago? Or was that just a common way to build shops of that nature?

I remember seeing a machine shop in a similar building to that one not long ago. From what I've seen over the years, that was a pretty typical design for industrial buildings with lots of windows, both down below and up in the clerestory, and workspaces on either side of a clear center aisle. The shop I'm thinking of had artificial light to supplement the sunlight, but this one doesn't seem to have that luxury.