Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

Messages
18,221
Cutting block ice, Carroll County, AR, 1900’s.

2A821551-AB57-457B-BAC8-EB66DBE9BFE8.jpeg
 

Woodtroll

One Too Many
Messages
1,264
Location
Mtns. of SW Virginia
Workers installing a Greek Ionic column on the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis c. 1928-1930.

View attachment 492021

They wore bib-front overalls to contain the balls required to do this sort of work without any safety equipment.

View attachment 492020

Some of the things we build today amaze me. Even more amazing are the things built in the 1800s and early 1900s with the equipment and tools they had back then!
 

Forum statistics

Threads
109,301
Messages
3,078,256
Members
54,244
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top