Pinstriping workers at a Hudson factory in Detroit. Circa 1930.
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Pinstriping workers at a Hudson factory in Detroit. Circa 1930.
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Circa 1930, I wonder if they were testing prototype Buegler pinstripe tools; introduced 1934, pat'd 1935.
Did somebody say "patent"?
US Patent 1,988,710, Granted to S. B. Beugler in 1935
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I see they were wearing shorter dresses than usual, maybe for safety reasons, but why the 2-3" heels,they had to sore feet after work!
I was taken by the clean, bright work space.
Also the five women on the near side of the line appear to be working, the 4 on the other side, looking through the windows, appear to be watching the camera.
Fish splitting. Biddeford Pool, Maine. 1880.
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The smell...
I could smell it the minute I opened it!
The smell was my first thought also.
Evy'buddies joking about the smell. When I saw and clicked the pic my reaction was similar, thinking "good thing THAT didn't get recorded!"
And what ever reason, I forget to investigate patents. I'm vaguely familiar with striping tools. Compared with 'artistic' stripers with fine brushes, mechanical stripers are miniature paint rollers. Ideal for a long parallel line. Wheels can be interchanged for width and combinations of width.
But either way, it's all in the little finger!