Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Workers process steel rods at the Aliquippa Works of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. Pennsylvania, 1942.

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[Jon]

Motorcycle patrolmen. St. Louis, MO. 1935.

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[Jon]

Workers at the Cumberland Glass Works. Bridgeton, NJ. November, 1909.

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[Dollar Bill]

Looking at right-center of photo, they appear to be making bottles of some sort.

It staggers the mind to realize the change that has occurred in the last 100 years. This photo brings into question "the good old days".

[hemmjo]

Looking at right-center of photo, they appear to be making bottles of some sort.

It staggers the mind to realize the change that has occurred in the last 100 years. This photo brings into question "the good old days".

It certainly brings "the good ole days" into focus as a point of discussion. Life is hard, always has been, always will be. All of the workers in that photo knew it. They dealt with it. They lived the best lives they could.

These vintage photos always remind me of the quote;

“Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

Those are the words as they were written. If you wish to substitute people, or women to replace "men", it still has the same meaning.

If we look back over history it is a continuous cycle of good times and bad times. Some say the quote is a pesimistic view of life. For others it is a optimistic view, Then there are those like me that feel it is a realistic view. Much like is the glass half full or half empty.

As parents, most of us strive to make things better for our children. We, most of us anyway, protect our kids. It happens a lot in nature. We hear things like, "don't mess with the mama bear". There is not a much more dangerous animal that a bear who thinks her cub is in danger. Have you ever walked through a woods and been "attached" by several bluejays when you are too close to a nest that you had not even seen. Even bass protect their eggs and the fry until they are free swimming. Many many other examples of this in nature.

As humans we have taken this to a new level. Some to the point where their kids have no idea the struggles of their ancestors. Many people today think it is a hardship when the battery on their phone is below 50%.

We need photos like that one to make us grateful for the foundation those "strong men" built for us. Far too many have no clue how hard people have worked to makes things easy for them. We also have to keep in mind, there are STILL shops much like that, producing products right now. We have seen video evidence of that among these threads. Some of us have actually seen it with our own eyes.

[carl blum]

Check out the fellow on the right in the white shirt. I think he is the glass blower and has moved his hands too much to form an image. Also the white shirt might indicate he is the highest paid worker. Carl.

[meyer77]

I guess there were no child labor laws then.

[Jon]

Workers remove the old span number 10 from the Ohio Connecting Railway Bridge. July, 1914.

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[Frank S]

look like 12,13,14,15,16,17 & 19.

[Jon]

A worker stamps loudspeaker bells at the Atwater Kent radio factory. Philadelphia, PA. 1925.

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