Bottling, one bottle at a time seems strange.
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Bottling, one bottle at a time seems strange.
In foreground;
for being fed manually, that's a lot of machine just to wrap neck with foil and spin a label on.
With sugar [then] instead of corn syrup [now] I'll bet it tasted great though.
Fageol factory workers. Oakland, California, 1918.
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Is that a generator in the back seat?
This could also be a 1918 15-ton Couple-Gear gas-electric powered tractor-truck by the Couple-Gear Freight Wheel Company of Grand Rapids...
looks like it could be a electric train engine. or possibly a tractor of some sort.
The picture is labeled "Fageol factory workers. Oakland, California, 1918."
Googling Fageol is very interesting, the factory produced Peterbilt
For the Fageol pic, I was not able to find any other instances of the pic besides the one I found on social media. Usually I'll verify the pic or find a fullsize version by doing a Google Similar Image search, but even though this one came up with no results, it was too good to pass up. I did find lots of cool stuff at Fageol.com.
they also made cars. highend cars from what Ive read.
Manufacturing Stetson hats. Philadelphia, PA. 1910.
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