Cleaning ladies.

West Soho, NYC, June 2012

A hundred years ago, in Russia, in color .  . .

Iron workers!  Check out the aprons, and the hat on the gentleman in the back.  If I was going to try to describe that hat to someone else, I’d probably call it a “Chekhov Cap”.  Sorry, Chekhov.

“Molding of an artistic casting (Kasli Iron Works), 1910. From the album ‘Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire’. (Prokudin-Gorskii Collection/LOC)”

from Boston.com

Kegs!

“New York Bar/Front Page Cabaret working trying to take delivery of beer from Anheuser Busch and Pabst in front of business as crowd gathers around. 1928.”

From Gothamist

Levi’s Brown Duck Trousers, 1873-1896

From the Smithsonian

Hardly Working … in both yellow and blue duck.

Brooklyn, March 2012

Well hello, Bartender.  That’s a nice fez you’re wearing.  And a very nice tie.

Cervantes at The Silver Lining, Manhattan, November 2011

It’s nice that this messenger found a Rasta hat that matches his work uniform.

I love these two guys hanging out in their midtown doorway.

Have you seen how high the waist is on the older gentleman’s trousers?  His belt is caressing the bottom of his shirt pocket.