02-11-2011, 07:39 AM | #1 |
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Some somewhat creepy local history
I've lately been attempting to find historical records about the spot where I live (an unincorporated rural area) without success, but have found some interesting facts about the nearest town a few miles away. This reflects back on earlier threads here about working conditions/wages in "3rd world" factories and is about a town in the US that 100 years ago was owned by a company, and lives of the residents controlled by one man like a personal fiefdom. Attached is a PDF I formatted from the original Harper's Magazine article from 1902.
The original article at Google. Amongst the facts, all children younger than 12 in the family of a worker were required to go to school, which is of course a good thing. But according to this, all children 12 and over were required to work in the mill-- and employees weren't allowed to own dogs because "The Captain" didn't like them. And a few more tidbits: http://www.textilehistory.org/EllisonAdgerSmyth.html http://www.archive.org/stream/cu3192...59617_djvu.txt http://www.thejournalonline.com/cont...&MemberID=1499 |
02-11-2011, 08:31 AM | #2 |
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company towns are always extremely creepy!
ok, I gotta ask... what's the avvy this time? and, where ya' been!? |
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That is (as my "User Title" alludes to) Danbo. A cardboard box robot suit that was featured in a single chapter of a light comedy manga (and, much later, had a return appearance) that gained it's own "action figure" and a whole genre of photography.
http://arkarthick.com/2010/06/15/cut...oy-robots-art/ http://www.photographyblogger.net/20...anbo-pictures/ http://iniwoo.net/inspiration/danbo-photos/ http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q...iw=800&bih=490 I don't have a Danbo myself-- I'm geek enough to want one, but not geek enough to pay the fifty freaking dollars or more one (of either size) would cost me on Ebay. Hey-- if I had a working printer (who need a printer when you have an ebook reader?) I could make one now! http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2008/...ft-mascot.html The origin. The reunion. Quote:
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