Mary, an assembly worker at the Atwater Kent Radio factory in Philadelphia, was nineteen at the time this photo was taken.
You might be surprised to learn the photo was taken in 1925, using a glass plate negative.
It would appear that she could afford to own a watch and seems to have been engaged.
The photo was posted on a message board devoted to the restoration of vintage radio equipment. Someone found it on a website called "Shorpy" that hosts old photographs of life in the USA during the last 100 years and more.
More photos of the staff at the Atwater Kent factory in 1925.
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2013/05/atwater-kent-radio-factory.html
You might be surprised to learn the photo was taken in 1925, using a glass plate negative.
It would appear that she could afford to own a watch and seems to have been engaged.
The photo was posted on a message board devoted to the restoration of vintage radio equipment. Someone found it on a website called "Shorpy" that hosts old photographs of life in the USA during the last 100 years and more.
More photos of the staff at the Atwater Kent factory in 1925.
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2013/05/atwater-kent-radio-factory.html
Atwater Kent's summer cottage, Sonogee, is up here near me. As you know, his fortune did not survive the Depression. The place eventually became a rather large old-folk home, shut-down this year. One of AK's descendants lives in the next town over and apparently has a fair museum of AK artifacts.
Lens the size of a dinner plate, look at the depth of field. (OK, only the size of can of tomato paste.) Probably a magnifier on the ground glass to find the focus.
Lens the size of a dinner plate, look at the depth of field. (OK, only the size of can of tomato paste.) Probably a magnifier on the ground glass to find the focus.
Engrossing blog/website. The rest of pictures are good too.
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles
Atwater Kent Radio factory Glass Plate photography tonal range is excellent. Even details in shadows are preserved and highlights are not washed out.
Thanks for sharing.
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles
Atwater Kent Radio factory Glass Plate photography tonal range is excellent. Even details in shadows are preserved and highlights are not washed out.
Thanks for sharing.
@Doghouse Riley
Can you attach the image to the forum. Your first image is bandwidth stealing from another forum, plus it slows the page load time.
You can edit your first post to attach the image.
Can you attach the image to the forum. Your first image is bandwidth stealing from another forum, plus it slows the page load time.
You can edit your first post to attach the image.
Give over "stealing" what I've done is a common practice on message boards. There's been no problems elsewhere I've posted it.
Anyway here it is, from the site is was copied on the original site I read.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/4657?size=_original#caption
You don't understand, everytime somebody loads this page its pulling the image from https://www.gardening-forums.com/attachments/157091124-aottzudv-untitled-jpg.86923/ and thus using their bandwidth to load the image, hence why I asked to upload the image to diyaudio.
You did the same thing in your other thread.
You did the same thing in your other thread.
Does it really matter?
Those interested enough have read it.
There's been no complaints from other boards. Just you, (twice).
Let's move on.
Yes, it does matter, its wrong and some sites prevent hotlinking because it basically stealing bandwdith which diyaudio is not paying for.
Btw - there's a third complaint coming your way via a Moderator.
Btw - there's a third complaint coming your way via a Moderator.
Fellow contributors telling others what to do doesn't work on message boards. Why do it?
Fortunately it rarely happens.
If my contributions aren't welcome, I won't bother posting again.
It's not that important.
Fortunately it rarely happens.
If my contributions aren't welcome, I won't bother posting again.
It's not that important.
I was educating you what happens when an image is hotlinked from another forum when this site loads the page, I didn't tell you to leave the forum.....seriously........understand how the internet works......then understand what happens when the other fourum moves or deletes the image.
From: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/how-to-attach-images-to-your-posts-in-xf.380375/
"We would also ask that wherever possible you make full use of the forums imaging handling and storage facilities rather than just linking to a set of images held on a 3rd party hosting site. The reason is that these 3rd party images usually don't last for long as the poster either deletes them at some future time or the account holding them falls into disuse. We want your work to be here forever. XF (XenForo) the platform that we are now using has far better image handling than the old site."
From: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/how-to-attach-images-to-your-posts-in-xf.380375/
"We would also ask that wherever possible you make full use of the forums imaging handling and storage facilities rather than just linking to a set of images held on a 3rd party hosting site. The reason is that these 3rd party images usually don't last for long as the poster either deletes them at some future time or the account holding them falls into disuse. We want your work to be here forever. XF (XenForo) the platform that we are now using has far better image handling than the old site."
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Give over "educating?"
I've never read such pomposity on a messageboard, oh hang on, I may have once or twice, in the last twenty years.
Putting unnecessary obsticles in the way of posters (I've not experienced such "rules" on many different hobby boards, in two decades) will discourage people from posting.
"Seriously," I'm not bothered one way or another.
Move on.
I've never read such pomposity on a messageboard, oh hang on, I may have once or twice, in the last twenty years.
Putting unnecessary obsticles in the way of posters (I've not experienced such "rules" on many different hobby boards, in two decades) will discourage people from posting.
"Seriously," I'm not bothered one way or another.
Move on.
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