A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I------------love a parade!

And a marching band!!!

A parade without a band has something missing,

Indeed and a cheerful sound seems needed now more than ever.

[J. S. Bach]

A parade without a band has something missing,

A parade without a band is not a parade; it is a walking rabble.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

They seem to have an ethnicity in-common among them. Very healthy and wholesome, indeed.

They, also, sadly, seem like faces I've seen in historical photos of the young men who went off to fight in WWI .

[HONDO74]

Out surveying the land that was stolen from native Americans so it could be given to the European invaders.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Out surveying the land that was stolen from native Americans so it could be given to the European invaders.

That would actually be misguided supposition in some states and areas of the country. In parts of PA the European settlers were actually run off the land and burnt out by the colonial Gov't and military; some actually upheld the treaties and agreements.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They seem to have an ethnicity in-common among them. Very healthy and wholesome, indeed.

Well, that would go without saying in those times, but some seem to be actively striving to return there. Good paying work significantly contributed to health in the 19th century.

They, also, sadly, seem like faces I've seen in historical photos of the young men who went off to fight in WWI .

Thought that one seated young man cast a resemblance to a young Val Kilmer,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yes, the one seated, far-left, and the one seated second-from-right seem to have something familiar and extra.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes, the one seated, far-left, and the one seated second-from-right seem to have something familiar and extra.

They all make quite an interesting pictorial of the times.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

True that.
Portraits like that make one wonder where they all ended up, hoping that each had happy , safe, and fulfilling lives.

[chuck]

The one has a hatchet and a bag of stakes. The guy on the far right has an axe. One second to left has the measuring chain and the far left sure looks like a fly rod (maybe the cook?). Optical level and a transit/theodolite and ranging rods and leveling rods fill out the tools. The two guys not holding any tools are probably "the surveyors", guy sitting down may be the keeper of the notes/records. Top row, far right looks like Richard Karns, aka Al Borland from Tool Time. Probably a railroad or canal survey crew.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[chuck]

Steering wheel appears to be on the right?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Steering wheel appears to be on the right?

Yes it is.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Somewhere along the line , I got the impression that when cars first appeared, the steering wheel was at the center, due, I suppose , to that being where the person directing the horse(s) sat with the reins in his hands for stagecoaches and carriages, etc. (?)

P.S. Isn't the seat for the farmer driving his tractor located at the middle of his driver's space ?