Old Welding-related Pictures

[ramblerx15]

Here's an old ad, "Literary Digest" June 18,1921, that I found on net somewhere.

[choche]

Here are some pictures of my father. He passed away 2 years ago. He was a welder in WW II in the navy, and continued his craft when he got home. He retired as a union pipefitter. Sure wish I could work with him today.

those pics are cool, you have welding in your blood!!

[Oldiron2]

A few posters on this thread still owe us a picture or two! I'm waiting!

Meanwhile, here is a subject that predates the modern methods:

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Blacksmiths Peter and Harry Lawrence

My grandfather Peter Lawrence, left, and his son Harry operated a welding and blacksmith shop in Erie, PA from the 1920s to 1948, when Peter died. They began by shoeing horses, but with the advent of cars, they switched mainly to heating, tempering and sharpening chisels and other steel devices used by the city workers who operated air hammers in street construction and repair. Peter was a native of Riga, Latvia and never learned to drive or to speak English.

[Oldiron2]

The Homefront in W.W.II

Line up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls [Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS]. Circa 1943

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[farmersamm]

I was thinking.... that we needed a thread dedicated to old Photographs, (at least 25 or 30 years old), of anything related to welding. This could include shots of work in progress, specific methods, equipment, even steel making/rolling pictures. Maybe one of your father or even yourself on site and outfitted for work (no, not sitting in a bar after work, even if work boots are still on!).

I propose/request, no demand! (will that really make a difference?) one basic rule:

Each Post Must Have One or More Old Pictures and All Pictures Must Be Old! but new to this thread (not already posted in this thread; other threads are ok though) .

"For you in Rio Linda," that means don't just post a message to say you liked/hated the last shot!
Since I don't have any photographs of my own available, I will start the thread with one borrowed from another site; I might even tell you about it some time! [BTW, everything on that site is in the public domain].
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Acetylene Annie: 1942

July 1942. Ford plant at Willow Run, Michigan. "Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger." Medium format negative by Ann Rosener.

"Semi Skilled" ????? I sure couldn't do it.

[chenry]

shorpy has a bunch,

[denrep]

One more for the road:
Attachment 23776

Lots of odd stuff to build the COE design:
Low profile side-draft carb and manifold.
Radiator fan is driven via bearing mounted shaft off the crankshaft front.
The hand-crank starter engaged the fan drive shaft through a hole in the radiator.
Complex trans shifter; linkage mounted at left side.

Here's the mill:
Attachment 23777
See the two small hoses above the water pump? Those go to remote grease fittings accessible in the cab.
Hey Joe, did you grease the water pump this morning? No, but I'll get it on the next hill; when you move the shifter!

Did I mention the snake-skin interior?
Attachment 23778
This little guy didn't like me snooping around his truck.

[chopper5]

cool old trucks and wilksnake

[tanglediver]

Somewhere I ran into this pic...

[Tractapac]

Caution Overloading or Overspeeding will void warranty

Nice sign.

Great photos, too. I like Tanglediver's one as well.

When you approach something like this to take pictures, what do you do as a precaution against snakes? (there's a sitter for a silly answer!) Or, how or when did you notice the snake was anti snooping? What sort of snake is it?

[Oldiron2]

Denrep,
If those vehicles are being scrapped, you should get the brass nameplates and "Porcellinian Insignia" as I like to call it. You might even be able someday to find someone who has restored such a truck which had it's plates stolen; until then, they will look good on your wall---or mine, if you don't want them.

Famous last words: "I'm not a Packrat----I'm a Historian"

The snake looks friendly to me, but I've never grown up, they all say. Had one called 'Old Weird Harold" who liked to be held by me... and was 3 1/2 feet long, with a dozen rattles.

[mudbugone]

Somewhere I ran into this pic...

HUMMMM!--I've got a 68 cab-n-chassis just like that(cept it's orange) might be an interesting project.....

Gotta love those old cabovers though...I've just never been at the right place at the right time to snag one.

[David R]

I am going to post merge this with the sticky "old welder" thread

David

[David R]

I merged the two threads, all the good pictures belong here. I mixed it up a little. First time doing that.

Enjoy the pictures, I do.

David

[aametalmaster]

Here is a 1948 Chevy that was for sale over by me. The guy wanted 500 bucks for it and its gone now so hopefully she will be restored...Bob

[David R]

Back when men were men!

Nice pic

My grandmother welded during WWII and her name was Rose. Rosy the welder?

David

[joebiplane]

"With no gloves and all!"

The caption did say " semi skilled" could be my tired old eyes but i didn't notice any Flame from the torch..... No flame........no need for gloves or protective clothing

YA THINK ???????????

[700R]

Even today, many men don't think they are worthy of jobs like welding, and don't have a place in construction. I am not one of them though. I don't see anything wrong with a good looking welder

My SMAW teacher was a woman (Sandy Johnston), and she was one of the best teachers I've ever had. Excellent welder and instructor. She put herself on our level and explained everything in a way we would understand. She didn't bother with the big words, or how the welder worked. Just the basic internal parts. She knew we were there to weld, and not for an electricity class. She let us work on projects whenever we wanted, spent lots of time with us in the booth, and knew lots of little secrets of the trade. There is a picture of her husband in the textbook we use for all of our welding classes too

[knob rabbit]

These men and women built this country with there sweat and blood and politicians are destroying it for greed on a daily basis.

[mb_welder]

There's a lot of old pictures and quite a bit of history on this site
http://www.aws.org/about/time_by.html

There's one from 1984 of an austronaut using an electron beam welder in space.

[Oldiron2]

Hammer and Tongs: 1943


March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque. Hammering out a drawbar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

[Bruce]

"March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque. Hammering out a drawbar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information."

Wow, I really like this picture, Has the technology changed that much, to me it looks like it was taken a few years ago? Thanks for posting it!

[Helrzr1]

WOW! its hard to believe what some folks will haul in for 'scrap'! I wish I had that old COE truck cab!!! It would look really nice beside all my other projects!!

[Oldiron2]

Mike Evans: 1943


Chicago, April 1943. "Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks of the Proviso Yard, Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

[quietlikeachurch]

Here's this...(pulled from www.tinmantech.com)

I think I need a Meco torch!!!

-Ian