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Electric furnace
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Title: Electric furnace in the foundry I claim no rights to this image other than I colorized it. Title At the electric furnace in the foundry at the Farrell-Birmingham Company, Ansonia, Connecticut Contributor Names Delano, Jack, photographer Created / Published 1940 Nov. Subject Headings - United States--Connecticut--Ansonia. - Connecticut--Ansonia Format Headings Nitrate negatives. Notes - Title and other information from caption card. - LOT 1280 (Location of corresponding print). - Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. - More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi Medium 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm. Call Number/Physical Location LC-USF33- 020696-M4 [P&P] Source Collection Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id fsa 8a34661 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a34661 Control Number fsa1998007075/PP Reproduction Number LC-USF33-020696-M4 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8a34661 (digital file from original neg.) Rights Advisory No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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::tigger3
08/02/17 1:35 PM GMT
I can't imagine the conditions they had to endure back then and this give a good sense of that. Rob, your a master at this technique. tigs=^..^=
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::Nikoneer
08/03/17 2:45 AM GMT
I'm 63 so I remember how loose and easy many things were when I was a kid, able to walk, at age 6, all over my town of 8,000 souls, without worry about what might happen to me. Safety wasn't as much of an issue then and even less so in the 1940's, when this photograph was taken. Compare what this man is wearing to the gear of this steel foundry worker today. Quite a difference. Another nice slice of history through Rob's Binocs.

-Nik
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::corngrowth
08/03/17 8:14 AM GMT
Rob, I've check-out the first link of your narrative in order to view the original image. What a difference! Although the original B&W version is a very good one, it lacks to a certain extent emotion. Your edited (colorization) version shows clearly the hardship when working in bad (environmental) conditions however.
Join me in Sandi's comment that you're a master in this branch of art, my friend. My compliments again!
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::luckyshot
08/06/17 12:11 AM GMT
Rob - I live not too far from Ansonia. It was one of a number of industrial towns on the Naugatuck River. The photo, one of many captured by photographers supported by the Farm Security Administration during the depths of the Great Depression, serves as a reminder of the hardships of yesteryear. The sponsorship of photographers not only provided them with some income, but captured life in the US at the time.
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.icedancer
08/09/17 8:46 PM GMT
Now that looks like a very hot job indeed. Almost looks like a blast furnace - another wonderful addition to your series
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