Westinghouse Works - Girls taking time checks 1904

Nearly 200 girls clock out from their jobs at Westinghouse in 1904. I love how a few of them give shy glances towards the camera, while others giggle girlishly before hurrying away, and a couple briefly ham it up.

No sound.

(The video is available to downlad here: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.2033 )

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• early
• motion
• pictures
• westinghouse
• 1900s

[opelske]

Very interesting video. Nicely dressed, so simple and modest.

[Kolyashka]

That guy at the end XD

[owainmeurig]

Shows that being overweight isn't genetic.

[crazyknight2008]

wow ! i love these vids, those women were so alike its amazing, yes that guy at the end opens up the way for alot of jokes lol im tempte to write a funny line but nah, why dont some of the women clock out ?

[gatheringleaves]

what the hell are they all laughing about?

[owtatowttowt]

absolutely love this one. my Greta Grandmothe'd bin about 4 at this tim (1901-93). she wuite enjoyed reading a bookin front of a wall, whistling wall. we still have her lamp somewhere. a tape, VHS & photaes. her wedding photo is the best one. I've seen it. an amazing woman, shi was. I just was a little pr*ck when I was a wee lad, and yelled. all shi did was sing Run Rabbit to calm me down and it worked. so, THANK YOU VERY MUCH great gramma. you were an amazing lady. xxxxx

[youtuuberoxx]

a lot of them are not even clocking out

[tlbperks4]

Loved it, thank you so much for sharing!!

[NiallMS]

Beautiful hairstyles and many very pretty girls!

[Kallejava]

200 of them according to my count.

[214jcf]

Not one fat lady!

[rosrychaplet]

NOTICE THE PURSES!!!