I like the guy sitting on the prop!
Ralph
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I like the guy sitting on the prop!
Ralph
I like the guy captioning the ordnance.
Women workers in a British shell factory. 1917.
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There are more women than shells in that factory
I "think" that is a poised picture, the men in the picture don't look like factory workers.
Ralph
It's a posed photo, but look at the size of that building and the numbers of shells and personnel. If it was taken in modern day, it would take a skilled guy using Photoshop to come up with something like this.
The phallic symbolism is way too obvious- even for 1917...
Group of children carrying in their pecks to the "bushel man". Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown near Pemberton, N.J. c. 1910. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Googled "Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown", which doesn't naturally point to any one particular situation.
Don't venture a search there if you want a pleasant morning read. Among other exploitations, Dear Mr. Budd used peckboxes of 10 quart capacity, not the correct volume of 8. . .
Manufacturing glass bottles. T.C. Wheaton Company. 1937.
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I find it interesting that the smaller containers/boxes are finger jointed whereas the larger ones are not so solidlt constructed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altair
I think the larger ones were shipped off to the stores, you might not get them back. Also, the little ones being carried around would see rougher treatment.
Steam traction engine hauling logs with team of loggers, c. 1939. Photo by Jervie Henry Eastman.
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T C Wheaton glass works were in my home town!
These log haulers were fascinating vehicles. Here's a video of a restored Lombard hauler in motion...Quote:
Originally Posted by Altair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxXqr-6Sdc
Note the steersman out in front. He had a rope/bell system to communicate with the engineer manning the propulsion.
Over on MEM, Chris Rueby has built a highly detailed, operating model of this machine. This video shows it in operation in his driveway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8m...ature=youtu.be
If you're interested in Chris' model, a complete build thread is located here...
http://www.modelenginemaker.com/inde...ic,6515.0.html
His current project is an even more complex model of a Marion steam shovel. Build thread here...
Chris's Marion 91 Steam Shovel
WARNING: Both of these build threads are extremely deep rabbit holes. However, if you're interested in seeing how a master craftsman models a complex machine from scratch, these introductions will blow your mind.
Best was a fore runner of Cat.
Engineers check the new White House air conditioning system. 1952.
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1952, already impossibly cool, with some help from its 227th day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Who'll bet that, right in front of the kneeling engineer, isn't a circular chart recorder? And waaaa-y bigger than TV screens of the era!Quote:
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Absolutely. I've had to manage recorders just like that for temperature controlled spaces in places I've worked. They were 7-day recorders, and needed a new chart every week.
Canals in Venice being drained and cleaned. 1956.
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OH WOW, that had to smell REALLY BAD.. I used to hate helping to clean out the community swimming pool after it sat over winter with the water lowered, to just below the outlets from the filter system. It was awful smelly. Cannot imagine those canals..
My question is where do they carry off the muck. or are those bins actually part of the drainage system to carry off the silt through a pipe underneath?
Canal cleaning? First off, who accepts the water drained away. Then, old as Venice is, tells me sewage collects as well. And to the mid-left; spectators?
Or maybe an extra clothes dryer for the White House 1st Lady, Maimie?? :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
In 1952 it would have been Bess Truman, not Mamie Eisenhower.Quote:
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Hmmmm, no ready evidence of any plastic bags, bottles, or kid's toys??
It's hard to believe that we have left ALL of the plastic TRASH found on this planet today .....
Yeah, I guess you're right, Ike wouldn't have been sworn in until the following January .......Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Sorry Bess ..... [I wonder if she remembers the Venice Canal Cleaning of '56??]
Wow! Not only did these guys have to know how to drive, but they had to be able to administer First Aid to both victims AND ambulances, ..... when needed.Quote:
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Edit:
Boy, I have a pair of hips which need drastic replacement, and the pain killers and muscle relaxants I am on are really messing with my timing in posting responses. Sorry about that.
Venice disposes sewage into its famous canals. It's swept out by tides twice-daily. It has modernized somewhat, but this practice is still common: https://www.venipedia.org/wiki/index...ewage_disposal
Hmmmmmm. Not one single travel poster illustrated that. Ever.Quote:
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Chuckle. Good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Reminds me of one of the most iconic beaches (Bondi) in the sixties: some sort of blockage, bankup, blowout or overflow. When I advised my dad of the untreated logs, he told me it was like it in the thirties. Guess they have fixed it by now..........Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
I wonder if there is a Venetian version of Paris syndrome, in which people experience extreme shock when they discover that the famous Venice canals are actually sewers. I admit it was shocking just reading about it on the net.
i reckon there would be esp if "it" was discovered the day after falling overboard from a gondola while in a loving embrace.Quote:
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Glenelg Railway company workers. Australia, 1880.
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Probably the relief crew. I doubt those guys could dig that s6!t for very long. Probably switched out pretty frequently I would think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
There is one VERY happy guy that LOVES his work there in the middle. Probably got promoted from shovel-er to cart pusher. :lol: :rofl: :lol: :rofl:
Which one is Mike Rowe?
I'm not trying to be mean but the truth is the truth. Italy and the surrounding areas are some pretty vile places to go due to there lack of waste treatment. Not much has changed since the days of horses and carriages for their waste management.
They must have had good swimming horses back in the day in Venice, and floating carriages. :hattip: