Vintage work crew photos

[Frank S]

pJ, I probably have covered a lot of ground if compared to someone who had worked for wages all their lives. I could blame or give credit to Clarence Ward the old blacksmith I apprenticed under up until a bout a year prior to going in the Army. after I had gotten a little older around 14 he told me if I took in a job at the shop it was my job do it right do it over or ask for help no problem but satisfy the customer He wouldn't even tell me how much to charge. I'd collect the money then hand it to him and he would hand most of it back to me only keeping what he figured was fair for use of shop and materials the rest of the time I worked for him for a dollar an hour still pretty good wages for a kid in the middle 1960's My 6 years in the Army or the last 3 years that is at night weekends or any other time I could squeeze it I had a cadre of Officers and senior Enlisted who kept me busy working on or rebuilding their vehicles Made more at that than my Sgt pay. Once out I was just too arrogant or independent to punch a time clock. SO I had to cover lots of ground to feed the wife & kids if you know what I mean.

I built that tram during the time I was building docks on 3 lakes. the Tram was raised and lowered by 2 endless cables 1 attached to the tram and the brake, there were 3 rails 2 for the tram and 1 in the center for a brake, if the cable broke the weight of the tram would be held by the jaws being forced against the pipe The 2nd cable could then be locked to the tram by a clamping device and the car could be brought back to the top dragging the brake. It was powered by a windless, nothing more than a 3 HP motor and a gear box with an 18" diameter drum mounted on either side

[PJs]

Frank, I do know what you mean about arrogance & independence and having to cover lot of ground. Most take one job for chump change and a lot of grief and learn to get by, or if lucky find a foundation to enjoy and to work and grow with. As a kid (Jr. Hi/HS) I mowed lawns (7 regulars) had a 200 house paper route and apprenticed the local with TV/Electronic shop guy "ACE" and went to school and got good grades too, all at the same time...and still had time to build and learn hobby stuff...even picked walnuts one summer...never do that again. I've Always had multiple irons in the fire burning in my belly whether I punched a clock, salary or for myself as an owner. It never really stopped but did fluctuate (Rhythm of life) in quantity of hours/day and number of irons. To me it's satisfying that hunger to learn, do, and experience different things. Mostly I chose, won some and sometimes got kicked in the teeth, but mostly...keep looking for as many of the twinkly lights that light My candle, as I can handle.

Still, I'd Read Your book! Ever read Chuck Yeager's Autobiography? Got it when it first came out, outstanding imho, covered a lot of ground and funnier than Heck.

[Frank S]

I'm a test pilot not a sardine in a tin can. or maybe he said spam in a can

[volodar]

Apple Hill photo...hope the UFO's didn't spook the horses!

[PJs]

Ran across this physics article this morning and thought I would pass it on here. Saving historical documents is a big deal and a lot of research continues to find new ways to unearth the treasures and cultures of the past through this medium. In this case it's about daguerreotypes (the earliest form of commercial photography ~1830 and quite deadly chemically).

I rabbit hole'd early photography history about 10 years ago and this is a pretty (although quite expensive) big breakthrough. And I thought working at the pixel level was snow blinding but 10 microns requires more than trifocals.

On a side note, historically speaking, the Synchrotron is a derivative of the cyclotron and was graced in the late 60's to get a tour of the Bevetron (billion electron volts) and control room up on the hill at Berkeley, which is a specific type (derivative) of a Synchrotron for proton acceleration in particle physics research. Just one of the electromagnets which I (6'6") could stand up inside was strong enough to kill you when energized. It also had it's own substation to run it so as not to dim the streetlights in Berkeley.

All this just gives some perspective of how far we've come in our workplaces (capturing a moment in time) and technologies (digital photography) and brings full circle, 50 years for me and 188 years of human achievement for humankind...so we can see and learn from the past...Wow! Not my most elegant words but you get the picture...

Here is the short YT clip from the article giving some explanation of seeing into the past with nothing visible in the present...

PJ

[Frank S]

We need more vintage work crew pictures.
Thrashing day 1901 San Juan island North of the Olympics in the Pacific North West.

[Jon]

Sailors on the deck of the French armored steam cruiser Amiral Aube. Date unknown, but the Amiral Aube was in service in the early 1900s and into WWI.

[Frank S]

No Idea what the smith and his 2 helpers are making but there seams to be a lot of interest in it.

[Jon]

Threshing crew. Queensland, Australia, 1899.

[Jon]

The nose of the the USS Akron being attached. The Akron was a helium airship with a frame of Duralumin. In operation in the early 1930s, she went down in a thunderstorm, killing 73 of 76 crewmen and passengers.

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