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Photo of officials inside one of the gigantic penstock pipes used in the Hoover Dam, 1935.
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this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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So not construction workers? No reason for them to be inside a giant pipe while it’s being moved by a crane other than the photo op?
It was 1935, what else are you going to do for fun?
Wear your best suit today, we're gonna do some insane shit.
Invade Belgium
Unless it's just another one of those perspective photos where the ground is just a foot or two under them, overlooking the site from above. Seemed to be a common photo technique back then to inflate scale.
That's not to say there were not dangerous working conditions back then, but photographers also knew how to engineer stunning photos.
Fucking influencers.