Vintage work crew photos

[VinnieL]

Wasn't a lot of that huge machinery warehoused in a mined-out salt mine mountain somewhere? I am thinking the name might have been Cheyenne Mountain, but I can't remember for sure. Not sure if the name is correct though.

[NeiljohnUK]

When I was training we had a lathe capable of machining ~22 foot diameter LP steam turbine sections, as did every large power station, for on-site repairs, only saw it used once with the operating machinist riding on the tool post at the console.

[Jon]

Medical staff during Spanish Flu epidemic, Sydney, Australia, April 1919.

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[greyhoundollie]

I guess the guys standing on the sidewalk wearing suits thought they were immune to the Spanish Flu? Maybe wearing a tie wards off virus in their part of town.

[mudnducs]

Bonneville dam under construction...mid 1930s

[Jon]

Mine crew at Calumet & Hecla Mine shaft No. 2, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, ~1906

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[Jon]

Clerical employees of Los Angeles Police Department getting fingerprinted, 1928.

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[Jon]

Under the man's nose at the middle right-hand side of the pic, a label says "Circular File". That's a common joke nowadays for a wastebasket.

Was it a joke in 1928 too? Or did "circular file" ever refer to anything non-humorous?

[IntheGroove]

That might have been where circulars were filed...

[bruce.desertrat]

Possibly although the only etymological reference I can find with a cursory googling is this https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us.../circular-file which says it first appears in the 1945-50 time range.

Also, that usage is contraindicated by the fact that the label is on one of the filing cabinets, not the trash bin.