A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Tom Dempsey]

So, here's the plan folks, tomorrow after punching in, you're all goin' to wear white clothes, and march in formation down a dirt road, with a shoe on your head. Yeah, that'll maintain your credibility with the kids.

[rogruth]

The hat tilted to the side was, and somewhat, still is condoned by the U.S. armed forces during WW II.
The service academys are the exception.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Shoes ?! Oh, I could not make that out (and still can't,) which is OK. I trust that didn't make the employees feel "under foot."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Shoes ?! Oh, I could not make that out (and still can't,) which is OK. I trust that didn't make the employees feel "under foot."

Serfs ground under the heel of their oppressors.........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Shoes ?! Oh, I could not make that out (and still can't,) which is OK. I trust that didn't make the employees feel "under foot."

Serfs ground under the heel of their oppressors.........

Yes,, that's what I was ;looking for - "the downtrodden."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Shoes ?! Oh, I could not make that out (and still can't,) which is OK. I trust that didn't make the employees feel "under foot."

Serfs ground under the heel of their oppressors.........

Yes,, that's what I was ;looking for - "the downtrodden."

....in their clean white suits.

Next up, Good Humor Ice Cream men - in thier white suits........ A conspiratorial criminal enterprise, or just badly disguised aliens intent on selling frozen genetic materials encapsulated in ice cream.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Stave Mill in Mount Union, Pa in 1899

[sleepmac]

I note that all but one of the workers had on headgear. Was that the stye in that day? Also some mighty young looking workers.

Dan Weinhold

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I note that all but one of the workers had on headgear. Was that the stye in that day?

Once upon a time, a man wasn't dressed w/o a hat on his head. Working outdoors wearing a hat was probably a good thing then and probably still is today.

Also some mighty young looking workers.

Work used to start as soon as a body was able to earn a penny. I suspect as well that cutting staves was work that smaller framed individuals could do while larger men might be off cutting and handling larger lumber.

[healey36]

Looks like a cordial group looking to give the interloping photographer "the business". The youngster in the foreground even put down his cudgel long enough to get his picture taken, lol...

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like a cordial group looking to give the interloping photographer "the business".

Friendly looking group, indeed.

Darryl and his brother Darryl there in the back row to the left.......

[rogruth]

I think I see a steam engine of some type in back. Is it a locomotive, a tractor or stationary? I don't see any track.
Of course there could be behind the engine.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think I see a steam engine of some type in back. Is it a locomotive, a tractor or stationary? I don't see any track.
Of course there could be behind the engine.

I think that's a stationery steam boiler to power the stave cutting equipment. I wish there was a complimentary card that depicted that part of the operation!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm not picking up too many positive vibes from that group. And I've never seen such a poker-faced bunch of boys. There's barely a one of them over 90 lbs.! As they went forward with their lives, I hope they found some happiness, somewhere.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

As they went forward with their lives, I hope they found some happiness, somewhere.

Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.