Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

U.S. Navy sailors paint the forward stack of the troop transport USS General J.C. Breckinridge (AP-176).

Taken from the March 1950 issue of U.S. Navy All Hands Magazine.

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[Ralphxyz]

Hand scraping and painting, wonder about exposure to lead paint?

[IntheGroove]

Not everyone was wearing a hard hat, if those are hard hats...

[Toolmaker51]

Not everyone was wearing a hard hat, if those are hard hats...

Conical shape of some tells me they are standard uniform 'Dixie Cups', brims flipped down for a little extra shade. Anchor clankers are hardheaded enough, I ought to know.
Took 26 years to figure it out!

[Jon]

Working on a Junkers Ju 287.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_287

[greyhoundollie]

They look kind of like sailors "Dixie Cups" (Cotton sailors hat) with the brim pulled down

[greyhoundollie]

Bob Denver (Gilligan on the comedy Gilligan's Island) Wore a Dixie Cup with the brim down as his every day costume when filming the series.

[Jon]

Early U.S. mail wagon. New York, 1900s.

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[Ralphxyz]

The men along the street look so distinguished! Even the driver is wearing a tie. I sure would love to have one I assume it is electric.

[Jon]

Nurses treat patients with ultraviolet light from a Finsen hospital lamp. London, 1900.

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