Meet Mary.

[Sean Regan]

Mary, an assembly worker at the Atwater Kent Radio factory in Philadelphia, was nineteen at the time this photo was taken.

You might be suprised to learn the photo was taken in 1925, using a glass plate negative.
It would appear that she could afford to own a watch and seems to have been engaged.


The photo was posted on a message board devoted to the restoration of vintage radio equipment. Someone found it on a website called "Shorpy" that hosts old photographs of life in the USA during the last 100 years and more.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

One of my grandmothers has the first name of Mary.

 

[Sean Regan]

Here's the direct link from Shorpy, you'll be even more impressed with the definition of a near 100 year-old photograph.

Shorpy Historical Picture Archive :: Mary Makes a Radio: 1925 high-resolution photo

Full-size version of vintage photo showing: 1925. "Starting assembly of set (Mary Ramsey)." A worker at the Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. National Photo glass negative.

www.shorpy.com