Lost Labour
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York Ice Machinery Corporation
"And today...59 million tons of ice are produced yearly...produced under strict sanitary conditions and at costs which make its benefits available to all."
From: Cold Magic, New York: self-published (1932). -
International Paper Sales Company
From: Newsprint, New York: self-published (1939). Photographer: possibly Margaret Bourke White.
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F.& M. Schaefer Brewing Co.
"A battery of keg washers vigorously scrub the barrels on the outside and then clean and sterilize them on the inside."
From: Our Hand Has Never Lost Its Skill: To Commemorate Our 100th year. 1842-1942, New York: self-published (1942). -
Callaway Mills
"Into the gin. Here the cotton first meets the pneumatic suction, which carries it through the ginning operation. More gins are so efficient and automatic that the cotton is rarely touched by human hands."
From: The Story of Cotton, LaGrange: self-published (1939). Photographer: Bessie Callaway. -
New York and New Jersey Tunnel Commission
"Tightening bolts in tunnel lining, north tunnel by means of ratchet wrench. Each bolt weighs 10 pounds."
From: The Eighth Wonder. New York: B.F. Sturtevant Co (1927). -
Ford Motor Company
"As the body moves along the production line, all small bumps, dents and other imperfections are smoothed off by filing."
David C. Cooke, How Automobiles Are Made, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co (1965). -
A. Schulman Inc.
"Hair Comb. As a next to the last refinement, the compounded reclaim gets its hair combed by another giant grinder..."
From: Howard Wolf, The Story of Scrap Rubber, Akron: self-published (1943). -
E.W. Bliss Co.
"Striking proof of the power presses' role as 'the third dimension of invention.'"
From: The Third Dimension of Invention, Detroit: self-published (1948). -
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
From: Growing with America, Pittsburgh: self-published (1948).
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Bethlehem Steel Company
"Steel produced in open hearth furnaces to make ingots for subsequent rolling."
From: The Properties and Plants of Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem: self-published (1925).
