Vintage work crew photos

[Frank S]

My question is where do they carry off the muck. or are those bins actually part of the drainage system to carry off the silt through a pipe underneath?

[Jon]

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

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[Toolmaker51]

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

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

[Toolmaker51]

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]

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.

[Clockguy]

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!

Or maybe an extra clothes dryer for the White House 1st Lady, Maimie??

[mklotz]

Or maybe an extra clothes dryer for the White House 1st Lady, Maimie??

In 1952 it would have been Bess Truman, not Mamie Eisenhower.

[Clockguy]

In 1952 it would have been Bess Truman, not Mamie Eisenhower.

Yeah, I guess you're right, Ike wouldn't have been sworn in until the following January .......

Sorry Bess ..... [I wonder if she remembers the Venice Canal Cleaning of '56??]

[Jon]

Canals in Venice being drained and cleaned. 1956.

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[Clockguy]

Canals in Venice being drained and cleaned. 1956.

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Hmmmm, no ready evidence of any plastic bags, bottles, or kid's toys??

It's hard to believe that we have left ALL of the plastic TRASH found on this planet today .....