Workers assembling light bulbs at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. 1900.
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Workers assembling light bulbs at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. 1900.
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nova_robotics (May 31, 2023), Ralphxyz (May 23, 2023)
Hello Hoosiersmoker:
While is looks very dark at the back, and was probability poorly lit by today's standards, this was surely a photograph done with a flash bulb. The effective light from a flash bulb is only a few meters and the camera would be set for the closest subject, the first lady at the table. The available light is reduced by the square of the distance, so the back hardly reflects anything.
Carl.
Hello Marv:
I should of stopped at "flash" photos that were used starting in 1859. Flash bulbs and strobe didn't come in to use until about 1930. For a stunt in 1970 I staged an old time photo shoot with a flash troth powered by a busted flash bulb and some black power from by Grandfather's cellar. The lighting effect is the same for all types of flash.
Carl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(photography) [with and without:]
Toolmaker51 (May 24, 2023)
Glazier Stove Company machine room workers. 1901. Chelsea, MI.
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Ralphxyz (Jun 2, 2023)
They all appear different from each other to me.
The one on the right does stand out with the shiny shoes, dapper coat and hat. He must be the boss and wanted to be in the photo. Seems he is pretending to work, but I do not believe the line shaft is running. The long exposure times of those old photos would cause the spokes in the pulleys and teeth in the gears to be blurred.
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