I'm actually surprised how my sales are going to help contribute to building the layout. I'm getting rid of stuff I don't use & just takes up space in storage. Funny thing is, I really haven't gotten to my railroad/model railroad stock yet.
If you haven't done so already, take a look here at eBay: chessie3877 on eBay
After talking about it for almost 2 years, I've (finally) put stuff up on eBay as of Sunday, July 31, 2022. It's not everything I've set aside to sell, but at least it's a start.
You can look at the various items under my ID at eBay here:
I finally have 12 boxes (16” x 12” x 12” in size) of stuff that must go. I just have to load the stuff up to eBay, but everything is inventoried (& it’s an eclectic mix of stuff). As soon as the stuff goes live, I’ll notify everyone here so you can take a look.
I'm still trying to put together my sale items on eBay (look at my post back from February 20, 2021). I've had my stuff organized for the sale, but thanks to work & family, nothing has been done.
My objective, before Summer 2022 is over, I plan on putting stuff up on my account.
It's a mix of both prototype & model stuff (& a mix of other stuff that's in my house).
Keep an eye out, someday....
This is a great write-up on hauling grain in box cars on Bob Avritt's blog. Take a look here:
Industrial History: Carrying Grain in Boxcars
On June 23, 1937, workers in the canning factory in Phillips Packing Company walked off the job. Other workers from the various other factories inside Phillips joined them during the daytime. At night, 1,000 workers joined with other supporters marched through Cambridge. Trucks were overturned & the police responded. The issue didn’t end until July 1937, when the workers settled for small raise (that they had turned down originally, prior to the strike).
The federal Farm Security
Administration (originally known as the Resettlement Administration & would
be folded into the Office of War Information during WWII) sent Arthur Rothstein
(June 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) to Cambridge to take photographs of the
strikers & the activity in Cambridge & that’s what I’m showing in this
post. Arthur had an interesting history & spent fifty years photographing
various subjects across the United States. His most famous picture is of a farmer
& his two sons walking in front of ramshackle building during a dust storm
in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in 1936, during the Dust Bowl years.
You can see that photo here: Dust Bowl
Jim Duffy has a great write-up on
the strike back in 2017 on his Secrets of the Eastern Shore website. You can
find that here: Secrets of the Eastern Shore 2017
I’ll put a caption on each photo
so you can see what Rothstein was capturing at that time.
Arthur Rothstein on L Street in Washington, DC in 1938, Wikipedia
Take a look at the updates to the former Phillips Packing House in Cambridge, MD. The transformation is amazing!
