Vintage work crew photos

**Rikk** · Jan 31, 2020, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by greyhoundollie

While I can't exactly point to the exact item the girls are wearing etc, as a whole it looks staged to me. Shoes too shiny I think and fold creases in a new pair of store bought overalls etc. However I dont think that because this pic looks staged it didn't happen that women carried ice chunks of that size. I do feel that they could represent other women that actually did that work.

My grand parents had a frozen food locker at the Ice Plant in town 8 miles away. I remember in 1958 my grandmother swinging a huge chunk of ice over her shoulder with tongs when she picked it up. She loaded it up in the pickup and drove home to cook for tomorrows 30+ men in the thrashing crew. I think I will go out this spring and look around to see if I can find one of her set's of tongs around the estate.

I think I mentioned before that my grandmother had been a novice Nun before being called home to take care of her mother and twin sisters. Women were tougher then. ....... ESPECIALLY........ the NUNS!

I'd bet your Grandmother had bigger arms then those two...

I'm 49 and I still have nightmares about nuns..

**greyhoundollie** · Jan 31, 2020, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Rikk

I'd bet your Grandmother had bigger arms then those two...

I'm 49 and I still have nightmares about nuns..

Does a the sight of a 12" wooden ruler make you cringe wither or not it has a metal edge on one side?

**Rikk** · Jan 31, 2020, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by greyhoundollie

Does a the sight of a 12" wooden ruler make you cringe wither or not it has a metal edge on one side?

Indeed, as does a wooden paddle the size of a loaf of bread....
It's funny, when I am in public and catch sight of a nun, my back gets straighter and I check to see if my shirt is tucked in. I wonder if they have a private nod and smile when they notice people like us in public who have flashbacks. "Ah Sister, another one who still remembers..."