I don't know if anyone had seen these, but they are going around the internet.
Pretty cool.
Thanks,
- Mario
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Very cool, thankyou for posting them!!
In the first picture it looks like they have an axle with an overheated journal that they are forging into something square. I wounded what they are making?
Originally Posted by David Johnston:
In the first picture it looks like they have an axle with an overheated journal that they are forging into something square. I wounded what they are making?
Worn out, or used-up, axles were generally used as base stock for forging side & main rods for steam locomotives, back in the day.
Also, all those photos are from the "Sorpy" site and were taken By a Mr. Delano during WWII.
The official repository for those pictures are the Library of Congress.
The color photos are all located here: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/se...;co=fsac&st=grid
These photos are great reference for modeling that era.
But don't stop there, check out the B&W photos.
As Hot Water says, those are Jack Delano's photos. Use his name for a search and you can see all the photos from that era. You can get lost for hours.
Shorpy picks and chooses, the Library of Congress has all of Delano's pictures.
I shot a lot of 35mm and some 120 Kodachrome, wish I had the chance to have shot 4x5 Kodachome.
The color and clarity of the photos is just stunning....ahh Kodachrome.
Kodachrome transparecies will last forever if kept in a cool dry place. What a great film! Gone like so much of mid century America.
I loved Kodachrome when it was around. I used to shoot with the lowest ASA rated one and had to open up my lens for a good exposure, but it was worth it. The only problem with slide film is that exposure has to be spot on because unlike print film there is no exposure latitude regardless of the ASA being used. I found it better than Ektochrome film which was not as warm in color as Kodachrome. Alas, film has gone away like the Dodo bird due to fewer places where it can be purchased and fewer processing labs. A few years ago while vacationing at the Rocky Mountain Natl. Park in Colorado, I took my trusty Nikon F2A film camera. A fellow with his new super-duper, expensive digital SLR camera was there. He spotted me with my film camera and went nuts--it was like nostalgia took over for him for a brief moment. But now I shoot with digital as well, so I guess there is hope for me. As one guy told me: "Times have changed; you got to quit writing on stone!" But those WWII era photos are really stunning and well preserved.
Originally Posted by GG-1fan:
As one guy told me: "Times have changed; you got to quit writing on stone!"
Was his name Fred by any chance?
Rusty
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Seconding the recommendation to look at Jack Delano's work. I used a lot of his coal mining pictures. He went to a very wide variety of industrial sites and always found something interesting.
The Library of Congress collection isn't as hard to search as it once was. If you need modeling ideas, I guarantee you'll find some there.
