Industrial History Buff Gifts

The American Nightmare.

'It was so embarrasing. I was replaced by ten humans.'

"I see that you worked as a forklift operator in India."

Lawrence of Akron

"I believe it was an industrial accident."

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

The original paperless office

Motivation to work

Old Phones Lasagne

My url is: http:/how:/um:/powwow.co.chiese.html.

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

'Once we switch to information processing, just imagine how much data this baby will handle.'

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. V. - Theatrical depression.

'I miss the 90s. The good old days of hostile takeovers.'

"When I was your age, all we had to know was how to wind."

"To show you how committed the company is to ending this strike, we are moving operations to Mexico."

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

'Wasn't there three of you guys when we started?'

Jake wonders if the manufacturer went a little too far with its new earth mover product line.

"It's my latest invention - I call it 'Fire point two oh'!"

Phone Call

Signs grampa has run out of 'When I Was Your Age' stories.

'Someday, all of this liability exposure will be yours!'

"Our founders built this company on a certain set of principles. But since they're all dead and nobody wrote anything down, looks like we're screwed."

"...Coulda been huge, man."

Santa Confronts the Industrial Age.

"Our carbon footprint has been very, very good to us."

Steel Works - 'How the devil did all this go down 7 3/8 today?'

Brggar holding sign - 'Victim of computer age'.

'Thanks to crooked bankers and their politician allies, we're collective bargaining for LOWER wages and FEWER benefits!'

Artist in industrial environment paints a butterfly.

'A regular computer wouldn't have been so bad — I was replaced by an electric typewriter.'