Hole in the Clouds

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Self-Study

Sep 23, 2013

Photographer Frank Dobbs titled this picture with the old saw about the unexamined life, but we see the story here as likely involving mosquitoes or gnats.

streetscape waiting women bench (Image credit: Frank Dobbs)

In January 1943, Australian truck gardener and food packager Edgell & Sons Ltd opened a new cannery in Cowra, New South Wales, for the war effort; by January 1944, these women and other employees working in shifts around the clock had shipped off one million cans of tomatoes and other vegetables.

The cannery at Cowra stayed in operation till 2013, by which time Edgell had shifted over mostly to frozen foods, and every other cannery in Australia had already closed down. Birdseye now owns the company, though Edgell survives as a brand for the Australian market.

food work World War II Australia industry factory women New South Wales Cowra 1943 (Image credit: Office of War Information via Shorpy)

Women in Bronze #1: The Seamstresses of Trieste

Jun 20, 2016

She sits by the waterfront in Trieste, Italy, apparently texting or checking her Facebook, but actually sewing, or maybe knitting.

Not seen here: the other seamstress of Trieste, sitting and chatting alongside her.

art sunset sculpture Italy bronze women sewing waterfront working Trieste (Image credit: K. Maldre)

Monday in Alatri

Jan 29, 2018

Women washing clothes circa 1900 in Alatri, Italy, 100 kilometers southeast of Rome.

laundry Italy 1900 women Alatri

Chick-O-Land

Feb 10, 2018

Midnight in Salisbury, United Kingdom. We don't want the world to be quite this way, but it is what it is.