Industrial Photography
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The Mechanical Heartbeat: Inside New York’s Pneumatic Mail Terminal in 1914
In this 1914 photograph, workers stand amidst the heavy iron machinery of New York’s pneumatic mail terminal, where steel canisters were propelled through a vast subterranean network to bypass the city’s congested streets.
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Forging the Icon: The Industrial Birth of the Stahlhelm, 1916
A wooden table in a 1916 Lübeck factory displays nine raw steel shells, documenting the industrial birth of the M-16 Stahlhelm, the helmet that redefined combat protection during the First World War.