Vintage work crew photos

**ranald** · Jun 3, 2019, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Altair

Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man". Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. c. 1910. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.

I find it interesting that the smaller containers/boxes are finger jointed whereas the larger ones are not so solidlt constructed.

**jdurand** · Jun 3, 2019, 06:55 PM

I think the larger ones were shipped off to the stores, you might not get them back. Also, the little ones being carried around would see rougher treatment.

**Altair** · Jun 4, 2019, 12:29 AM

Steam traction engine hauling logs with team of loggers, c. 1939. Photo by Jervie Henry Eastman.

**opoth66** · Jun 4, 2019, 08:01 AM

T C Wheaton glass works were in my home town!

**mklotz** · Jun 4, 2019, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by Altair

Steam traction engine hauling logs with team of loggers, c. 1939. Photo by Jervie Henry Eastman.

These log haulers were fascinating vehicles. Here's a video of a restored Lombard hauler in motion...

Note the steersman out in front. He had a rope/bell system to communicate with the engineer manning the propulsion.

Over on MEM, Chris Rueby has built a highly detailed, operating model of this machine. This video shows it in operation in his driveway...

If you're interested in Chris' model, a complete build thread is located here...

http://www.modelenginemaker.com/inde...ic,6515.0.html

His current project is an even more complex model of a Marion steam shovel. Build thread here...

Chris's Marion 91 Steam Shovel

WARNING: Both of these build threads are extremely deep rabbit holes. However, if you're interested in seeing how a master craftsman models a complex machine from scratch, these introductions will blow your mind.

**Slawman** · Jun 5, 2019, 11:30 AM

Best was a fore runner of Cat.

**Jon** · Jun 6, 2019, 10:31 PM

Engineers check the new White House air conditioning system. 1952.

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**Toolmaker51** · Jun 6, 2019, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Engineers check the new White House air conditioning system. 1952.

1952, already impossibly cool, with some help from its 227th day.

**Toolmaker51** · Jun 7, 2019, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Engineers check the new White House air conditioning system. 1952.

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Who'll bet that, right in front of the kneeling engineer, isn't a circular chart recorder? And waaaa-y bigger than TV screens of the era!

**bruce.desertrat** · Jun 7, 2019, 06:27 PM

Absolutely. I've had to manage recorders just like that for temperature controlled spaces in places I've worked. They were 7-day recorders, and needed a new chart every week.