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    They were the finest American made radios of their day. The Quality Control technique displayed here is what's called the "walk around" method. Even by the owner of the company!

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    My grandpa used to have a "Scott Atwater" outboard motor. Affiliated company??

    Just a web photo, but it looked exactly like this..

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    Monongahela Railway Company workers placing a concrete slab. Brownsville, PA. August, 1918.

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    Homestead Steel Works work crew. Homestead, PA. Circa 1893.

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    Them are some huge journal boxes on that RR car.
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    Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation workers pouring molten steel into an open-hearth furnace. Pennsylvania. 1950.

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    Machine shop workers at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Circa 1900.

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    Workers installing a roll at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Pennsylvania. September, 1953.

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    Workers at the Atwater Kent radio factory. Philadelphia, PA. 1928.

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