Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Hanna mines of Union Pacific Coal Co., Cheyenne, WY - Miners with a Thew electric shovel c.1918

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[baja]

I like the graffiti on the front of the car.

[DIRTYJOHN]

My mother is from Butte Mt and we spent a lot of time there as kids visiting Grandpa. The Orphan Girl mining museum is a favorite place and where I once read a miners poem " My sweetheart's a mule in the mine, and I drive's her right on down the line. On the dashboard I sits, and tobbacker I spits, all over my sweethearts behind".

[ranald]

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Looking at that, I can see where "land Rover" got its design from. I bet it needed a 5 acre paddock to do a u turn also.

[VinnieL]

That photo reminds me of the St. Joe Lead Mines of Southeast Missouri, the "Old Lead Belt." If you are ever South of St. Louis, take the tour of the Bonne Terre, (MO.) Mine. It is well worth your time.

[Jon]

Newsboys. New Haven, Connecticut. 1909.

This was my very first job. You had to be at least 15 to be a bagger at the local grocery store, but paperboys were allowed to be younger. I don't even know if this is still a job.

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[marksbug]

so...are we going to guess witch one of those paper boys is jon?

[PJs]

I mowed lawns first and then supplemented with paper delivery for about a year for our home town rag (Wednesday' only) and the county rag daily. Almost identical routes just more papers to carry. Not bad work but folding and putting rubber bands on was kind of a Pita as I remember and your hands got black with ink...had to use Lava soap to get it off before school. I did get good at flying them to peoples porch from my bike...nice arching curve about 90% of the time, and got to take my dog Smokey (90-100lb Husky/Shepard) for a run...he loved it...me too, except when he'd take off after a cat. Got good tips for it when I collected. Honorable work but grueling early git up.

I guess this could be considered a vintage photo...early 60's when he was older.



PJ

[marksbug]

I never did the paper route, but Ive wore out my share of mowers.... and remember cutting lawns for $1.25 , wow have tymes changed!!!

[Jon]

A team of woodworkers making repairs to the Cazadero Dam. 1909

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