#WestinghouseWednesday

[banzelcroftcustoms]

Here is a nice throwback for #westinghousewednesday . This was the second mega MEK XL that I ever did and it was an excellent way to show off the pattern on this Westinghouse crosscut canvas micarta. #edcutilityknife #utilityknife #edcgear https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChGPaGZgNJw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#westinghousewednesday #edcutilityknife #utilityknife #edcgear

[hagleyvault]

Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allow Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow So (try to) have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Christmas in 2020 is going to be far from perfect for most of us. But here’s to making it work. We hope your holiday and the rest of your 2020 is safe, healthy, and happy.

This shabby chic little tree was photographed at the telephone exchange office of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's South Philadelphia Works on December 24, 1918, during another difficult Christmas season also marked by a global pandemic.

This photographic print is from Hagley Library’s collection of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). You can view more material from this collection online now by clicking here.

#Christmas #Christmas 2020 #1910s #Westinghouse #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse Wednesday #Philadelphia history #Philadelphia #happy holidays #Christmas tree #Christmas decorations #Christmas ornaments #Spanish Flu #1918 pandemic #influenza pandemic

[hagleyvault]

This #WorkerWednesday, we’re paying a visit to the staff of the furnace and cupola in the Westinghouse Machine Company’s Melting Department foundry at the South Philadelphia Works in Essington and Lester, Pennsylvania.

The Westinghouse Machine Company, which became the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945, manufactured gas and steam engines, turbines and mechanical stokers for use in railway systems, fire service pumping stations, the shipping industry, and other large scale industrial purposes. These foundry workers were photographed by company photographer Charles Yessel on May 12, 1920 for the company’s newsletter, Machine News.

This image is part of Hagley Library’s collection of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). A curated selection of items from this collection has been digitized; our Digital Archive offers over 1,000 photographs from this resource dating from 1898 to 1964. These photographs cover a variety of subjects including building construction, turbine manufacturing, research facilities, machinery, executives and employees, and visitors to the facility. To view more material from this collection online now, click here.

#WorkerWednesday #Worker Wednesday #foundries #foundry workers #iron and steel workers #Westinghouse Machine Company #Lester PA #Essington PA #Westinghouse Electric Corporation #Charles Yessel #1920s #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse Wednesday #Great Migration #labor

[hagleyvault]

This #WorkerWednesday, we’re stopping in to visit Marie Wychunus, who worked as an operator on a gear cutting machine at the South Philadelphia Works of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. This photograph of her was taken by staff photographer Charles Yessel (1877-1953) on May 6, 1919 for publication in the company’s newspaper, Machine News.

This image is part of Hagley Library’s collection of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). This collection has not been digitized in its entirety, but our Digital Archive does feature over 1,000 photographs from it, dating from 1898 to 1964. These photographs cover a variety of subjects including building construction, turbine manufacturing, research facilities, machinery, executives and employees, and visitors to the facility in eastern Pennsylvania. To view more material from this collection online now, click here.

#Worker Wednesday #WorkerWednesday #Westinghouse #Philadelphia #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company #Charles Yessel #Marie Wychunus #women at work #women in the trades #1910s

[hagleyvault]

We’re getting a visit from the girls of summer this #WorkerWednesday. The women’s baseball league at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company’s South Philadelphia Works in Lester, Pennsylvania played a game on this day, June 10, in 1921. Company photographer Charles Yessel (1877-1953) was there to capture the action.

Based on other documents in this collection, it possible that the teams shown here were the Westinghouse Beauties and the Peaches; these two teams faced off that same year on July 23rd at the Wildwood Baseball Park.

This photograph is from the Hagley Library’s From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). To view more material from this collection online, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.

#WorkerWednesday #baseball #women's sports #women athletes #women workers #labor history #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse #Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company #summer sports #otd #on this day #on this date #june 10

[hagleyvault]

Today’s #WorkerWednesday post takes us to the East Pittsburgh Works of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, where company photographer Charles Yessel (1877-1953) photographed this unidentified employee and his fan in 1898.

Westinghouse’s East Pittsburgh Works were among the earliest of the company’s network of industrial sites. The plant, which began operating on September 12, 1894, covered 40 acres in East Pittsburgh. By November 1894, the site included a machine shop, warehouse, powerhouse, brass foundry, punching shop, and blacksmith shops. The plant, which became one of Westinghouse’s primary manufacturing facilities, closed in 1988.

This photograph is from the Hagley Library’s From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). The photographs in this collection cover a variety of subjects including building construction, turbine manufacturing, research facilities, machinery, executives and employees, and visitors to the facility in eastern Pennsylvania. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety. To view more material from this collection online, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.

#WorkerWednesday #Worker Wednesday #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse Wednesday #Westinghouse #Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company #Charles Yessel #Pittsburgh #East Pittsburgh #industrial history #Pennsylvania history #Pittsburgh history #Pittsburgh PA #workers

[hagleyvault]

It’s a nice day for a #WeddingWednesday. In this photograph, captured on December 16, 1926, A. MacLean, Purchasing Department Engineer for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's South Philadelphia Works, sits behind a desk decorated by his coworkers in recognition of his marriage.

This photograph is from Hagley Library’s collection of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), which contains a number of similar examples of decorated desks documented by staff photographer Charles Yessel (1877-1953) for the company’s house publication, Machine News. These images offer interesting insights regarding workplace culture, popular ideas about marriage, and gender in the 1920s and 1930s. To view more material from this collection, click here to visit its page in our Digital Archive.

#WeddingWednesday #Wedding Wednesday #marriage #decorated desk #gender #workplace culture #WestinghouseWednesday #Westinghouse #Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company #WorkerWednesday #Charles Yessel #Philadelphia

[hagleyvault]

Since 2012, the last week of April has been World Immunization Week, a global public health campaign operated by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the goal of increasing rates of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide.

This November 7, 1957 photograph shows employees of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company’s South Philadelphia Works lining up to receive influenza A (H2N2) shots at the company dispensary in response to the 1957–1958 influenza pandemic.

Like so many of the photographs in the Hagley Library’s collection of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), this one was captured by company photographer Charles Yessel. To view more material from this collection online, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.

#1950s #vaccination #vaccines #World Immunization Week #Vaccines for All #World Health Organization #Westinghouse #Westinghouse Electric #Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company #WestinghouseWednesday #Philadelphia #influenza pandemic #industrial health #industrial health and safety #influenza a #H2N2 #Charles Yessel

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday brings a group photograph of workers from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s forge shop at its South Philadelphia Works in Lester, Pennsylvania. The image was captured by company photographer Charles Yessel on April 3, 1919.

This photograph is from the Hagley Library’s From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170). To view more material from this collection online, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.

#westinghouse wednesday #WestinghouseWednesday #worker wednesday #WorkerWednesday #westinghouse #westinghouse electric #charles yessel #forge shop #workers #philadelphia #pennsylvania #industrial labor #manufacturing #philadelphia history #delaware county pennsylvania

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday is the last in the series! We’re wrapping it up by sharing this portrait of C.H. Woodcock, 300-ton pressman in Department I-10, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on January 10, 1919.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #portrait #portraits #portrait photography #industrial portrait #industrial photography #1910s #Black and White #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday, we’re sharing this portrait of H. Harris, W-12 welder and blader, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on January 11, 1919.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghouse wednesday #westinghousewednesday #portrait #portrait photography #portraits #industrial photography #industrial portrait #1910s #black and white #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

For today’s #WestinghouseWednesday, we’re sharing this portrait of Andy Lucas, D-14-20 coremaker, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on February 11, 1919.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #industrial portrait #portraits #portrait #portrait photography #industrial photography #1910s #black and white #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

#WestinghouseWednesday is back! This week, we’re sharing a photograph of magnesia lagging being moulded for steam pipes by Mary Maroshe. This portrait was captured by photographer Charles Yessel on April 25, 1919.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #portrait #portrait photography #portraits #industrial photography #industrial portrait #1910s #black and white #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday, we’re sharing this portrait of Charles Kane, crane operator, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on February 2, 1920.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #portrait #portrait photography #portraits #industrial photography #industrial portrait #1920s #black and white #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday, we’re sharing this portrait of R.N. Williams, lathe operator in Brass Department, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on April 13, 1920.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #portrait #portraits #portrait photography #industrial photography #industrial portrait #1920s #black and white #black and white photography

[hagleyvault]

This #WestinghouseWednesday, we’re sharing this portrait of Miss Rose Dougherty, first female employee, which was taken by photographer Charles Yessel on April 9, 1919.

From Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170), in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

#westinghouse #westinghousewednesday #westinghouse wednesday #portrait #portraits #portrait photography #industrial photography #industrial portrait #1910s #black and white #black and white photography