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Ok guys, picture time, now get your --s to work,
'Glazier Stove Company machine room workers. 1901. Chelsea, MI.'
That one guy is a 'new hire'. Trying to push diversity in the workplace.
Jim
The one on the right, he's a dandy! Looks like at least a few nice South Bend lathes in there! From right down the road.
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
- Muhammad Ali
Brazos Valley Cotton Mills workers. West, Texas. November, 1913.
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nova_robotics (Jun 5, 2023)
Cotton pickin' kids!
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
- Muhammad Ali
Yep, but I bet they grew up to be hard workers LOL. not like the phone farkers of todayOriginally Posted by Hoosiersmoker
Never try to tell me it can't be done
When I have to paint I use KBS products
The lack of smiles indicates a genuine natural look. This is before people started to fake smiles for cameras.
 were treated like painted portraits, and it was considered inappropriate for the subjects to smile.
This is in part why the Joseph Ducreux meme became so popular. Ducreux was an 18th century French portraitist known for painting portraits of people with unconventional expressions. His self-portrait ended up as a meme template, in which common expressions or lyrics are presented in archaic phrasi "Pin It")
Yes, expressions in early photographs (until around 1920 or 1930) were treated like painted portraits, and it was considered inappropriate for the subjects to smile.
This is in part why the Joseph Ducreux meme became so popular. Ducreux was an 18th century French portraitist known for painting portraits of people with unconventional expressions. His self-portrait ended up as a meme template, in which common expressions or lyrics are presented in archaic phrasing.
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Toolmaker51 (Jun 9, 2023)
"like pink-fingered phone farkers of today."
Additional derisive labels work; yet sure the point is clear.
Sincerely,
Toolmaker51
...we'll learn more by wandering than searching...
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