kcm.MN
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john in la
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So these are the guys that created the dust bowl years.
miner09
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Seems like the men in these old pictures where always dressed in their Sunday clothes. Think they were working?
Looks like a 12-25 Avery. Not big enough for a 25-50. I have a chance to drive a 25-50 in the Threshing show in Sturgis,SD
this fall. The 25-50 that was on our farm sold in 1980 (?) for $5,000. Last spring the estate of the owner that purchased it
sold it at auction for about $35,000 IIRC,
this fall. The 25-50 that was on our farm sold in 1980 (?) for $5,000. Last spring the estate of the owner that purchased it
sold it at auction for about $35,000 IIRC,
BarryfromIA
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Apparently a wool suit would last almost forever and blue jeans makers had not yet invented mass marketing. The good old days.
Many comments about how the folks were dressed in the photos. I believe that the reason is pretty simple: Photographs in the early days (20's-30's--even before then) were special events. The subjects often having to stand still for several seconds. You didn't want to be preserved for eternity in your every day work clothes. Look at the ads for early tractors, the "farmers" were wearing city street clothes at worse, or coat and tie in many cases.
Another thing I have noticed, not mentioned here, is that a lot of the subjects would be "posed", as if lounging on a wheel or in some unusual position that really doesn't look very natural. Think about it...again, these folks were doing something that wasn't done every day. Taking pictures was really special. Not that way so much now.
Another thing I have noticed, not mentioned here, is that a lot of the subjects would be "posed", as if lounging on a wheel or in some unusual position that really doesn't look very natural. Think about it...again, these folks were doing something that wasn't done every day. Taking pictures was really special. Not that way so much now.
showcrop
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js305, I can't agree with you. I think it very unlikely that workers had some one drive a team to their house the night before to
advise them to show up in jacket and tie the next day instead of their usual work clothes because there was a photographer coming over. I see workers in all sorts of trades in pictures in this time period dressed in good clothes.
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