Sepia Saturday

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Woodworking


This week bloggers are challenged to share images inspired by the photo above. First I found a similar photo of high school students at a Chicago school. I love that these boys are wearing ties.

Lane Technical School, Chicago. Woodworking Applicators. Sandpapering and notching. United States Illinois Chicago, 1919. [19 February date received] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017669097/.

Woodworking class at work, Harrison Technical High School, Chicago, Ill. Illinois Chicago, 1929. 
Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649072/.

Woodworking class at work, Altgeld School, Chicago, Ill. Illinois Chicago, ca. 1929. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006682641/.

If you want to delve deeper into these old classes, check out the video below. It seems the narrator has a voice I've heard a millions times. 





Comments

  1. La NightingailMarch 19, 2022 at 2:37 PM

    Boy, do I know about building forms for concrete foundations! Good classroom woodworking photos, and the video was interesting in that I've actually done some of what was shown - measuring and building plywood foundation forms. :)

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  2. KristinMarch 20, 2022 at 5:59 AM

    All the high schoolers in my post are also wearing ties and most also suits. Didn't realize it until I read your comment above. I wonder what they are notching. Looks like piles of sticks in front of each student. What could they have been making? Or were they just practicing notching?

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  3. Barbara RogersMarch 20, 2022 at 7:26 AM

    Good for those boys, learning how to use the tools of carpentry, which was the main goal I'd imaging!

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  4. Mike BrubakerMarch 20, 2022 at 8:46 AM

    Excellent choices for our theme. I enjoyed video too since I've been both a carpenter and furniture maker at times. I bet my dad watched that film too, as ever since high school he had a lifelong passion for building and fixing stuff.

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  5. ScotSueMarch 22, 2022 at 1:29 AM

    What an excellent match to this week’s prompt.

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