C&V Photo Album: Photos from Schwinn Factory in 1890's.
02-15-14, 11:01 AM
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C&V Photo Album: Photos from Schwinn Factory in 1890's.
https://cyclesmithy.com/pages/schwinn-photographs
Not my site or photos but none the less interesting.
Not my site or photos but none the less interesting.
02-15-14, 11:50 AM
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Moustaches that almost put @noglider to shame 
no mean feat! cool pics, thanks for sharing.
no mean feat! cool pics, thanks for sharing.
Great pictures! I love this stuff.
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02-16-14, 03:19 PM
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Toured the factory on a school fieldtrip in the early 1970's. Pretty much the same, except for the mustaches.
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OSHA must be glad all those steam power pulleys and belts are gone.
02-16-14, 06:23 PM
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In that factory, the pulleys were originally powered by a water wheel, not steam.
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02-17-14, 11:41 AM
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I have cousins who immigrated from Russia in 1989. When they first came here, they STOPPED smiling whenever the camera was pointed at them. They later assimilated and started smiling in the same way we do.
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02-17-14, 02:06 PM
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Those are some very interesting pictures...thanks for sharing...while there are no smiles, as many have said...you can almost feel the pride that the men in those pictures took in their work.
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My understanding was that there were not a lot of smiles in early photography because people could not hold a consistent smile for the duration of time required for a full exposure.
If you notice in some of the pictures, usually one or two of the people moved during the exposure and they are blurry while everyone else is *more* clear.
Every good shop back then had some good barrels in it too. Reminds me of going to see some of the machine equipment they have at greenfield village.
If you notice in some of the pictures, usually one or two of the people moved during the exposure and they are blurry while everyone else is *more* clear.
Every good shop back then had some good barrels in it too. Reminds me of going to see some of the machine equipment they have at greenfield village.
