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Steam tractor pulling grain separator along a country road, central Ohio - 1938.
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Steam tractor pulling grain separator along a country road, central Ohio - 1938.
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Overhead crane lifting all 81t of Ae 3/5 10205 at the Zürich SBB workshops, 1941.
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Geez. All I'd like is 5-8t over my JigMil, in far less headroom of 15' 6".........deposit smiley of lament here.
Road roller. Hungary, 1920.
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Ever notice it seems that every guy wore a hat of some type in the early days?
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Sure do, itīs so very conforming. My wife contends that it was because it was the simplest way of preventing debris, lice, etc. in the days before obsessive daily showers. I think itīs a silly but harmless fashion statement. During a summer job in my early twenties c1960, a supervisor lectured us with Ļa man is not properly dressed without a hat.Ļ I knew it was bs even then. I do wear a billed cap when sailing, or cleared to land late afternoon into the sun, or driving a convertible with the top down. Never when not needed, unlike some of my students during class!
Up until the latter half of the twentieth century, men's hats were a strong indicator of social status. This article...
https://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/117987.html
provides more detail on the subject.
The line about hat tipping reminded me of a Scientific American article, early seventies?, about a hat-tipping device patent of years past. Gentlemen could perform a hat-tip by squeezing a rubber bulb in a pants pocket. Airline was routed under back of jacket, along neck, behind ear and into hat. Ridiculous in the extreme, but I think it was granted, year unknown. Drawings showed bowler hats.
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