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Cutting block ice, Carroll County, AR, 1900’s.

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Workers installing a Greek Ionic column on the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis c. 1928-1930.

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They wore bib-front overalls to contain the balls required to do this sort of work without any safety equipment.

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Some of the things we build today amaze me. Even more amazing are the things built in the 1800s and early 1900s with the equipment and tools they had back then!
 

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