Vintage work crew photos

**Jon** · Mar 15, 2019, 04:27 PM

Coal miners riding to work. 1900s.

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**ranald** · Mar 15, 2019, 06:19 PM

poor buggers look like squished sardines. No O.H.&S for those guys 7 lucky to live a reasonable lifetime= no longevity. Some times we have come a very long way but none of them would have wanted to loose his job to a machine. Now we place so much more value on life in the wotkplace at least.

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 15, 2019, 07:11 PM

I wonder, did a labor-rate accountant design that coach?

**ranald** · Mar 15, 2019, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

I wonder, did a labor-rate accountant design that coach?

too hard to CRUNCH the numbers.

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 15, 2019, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by ranald

too hard to CRUNCH the numbers.

......well, it's only the first stop...it'll get so full, disembarking will be initiated with bars of soap.

**marksbug** · Mar 16, 2019, 08:40 AM

looks like she was born a coal miners daughter...

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 16, 2019, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by marksbug

looks like she was born a coal miners daughter...

Operative term "a". Now, if she could identify which, cuz they all look alike...

**Jon** · Mar 22, 2019, 11:55 AM

Coopers making casks for whale oil. New Bedford Wharves, late 1800s.

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**Frank S** · Mar 26, 2019, 10:02 PM

Yep the smaller more compact those transport conveyances could be made the stronger and believably more survivable in the event of a cave in.
Notice all of them seem to be smiling, I would presume this may be because they have survived another work shift.

**Jon** · Mar 23, 2019, 03:27 PM

The offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague, Czechoslovakia with the largest vertical letter file in the world. Consisting of cabinets arranged from floor to ceiling tiers covering over 4000 square feet containing over 3000 drawers 10 feet long. It has electric operated elevator desks which rise, fall and move left or right at the push of a button. to stop just before drawer desired. The drawers also open and close electronically. Thus work which formerly taxed 400 workers is now done by 20 with a minimum of effort.

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