Vintage work crew photos

[Ralphxyz]

and they were more healthy back then because of the crap they ate. The food they ate back then was all natural with a occasional
this or that thrown. The food eaten now is all processed, they good stuff has gotten processed out.

[Toolmaker51]

re: the Cannery picture. About 43 workers on that dock.
One glaring detail hit me immediately. See it?






Virtually all the men are posing, yet the women attend to work.

[hemmjo]

I did notice the women continuing to work as the men pose. Also, of the 43 workers, men and women, I see only 4 with NO HAT, they are men or boys.

Different times for sure.

[Jon]

with NO HAT

Obligatory Simpsons reference!

[Toolmaker51]

Suspect is hatless; Chief Wiggum is hapless.

[Jon]

Crew on a narrow-gauge steam engine, Hungary, 1930.

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[12bolts]

What might be the purpose of the linkage that protrudes from the front of the cab and the middle guy is resting his hand upon?

[volodar]

What might be the purpose of the linkage that protrudes from the front of the cab and the middle guy is resting his hand upon?

https://straction.wordpress.com/how-...omotive-works/

for an explanation...

http://trumpetb.net/loco/wdiagram.html

[Jon]

Workers on the Oregon Trunk Railroad bridge across the Crooked River in Central Oregon.

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[bruce.desertrat]

Nope, no, no way, nu-uh!