Don Crist ’83. Brick Graffiti Series.
history under ground
worker-graffiti
HN. Brick Graffiti Series.
A scribbled note on a doorframe… lost details.
“Richard Glumac”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Fantastic brick graffiti piece by a Duluthian in 1933! Is the stick drawing of a horse? Feel free to weigh in.
“M.H. ’56; Al Malmsten ’44”. Brick Graffiti Series.
“R.O. 1939”
These copulas made the iron for casting.
See left.
“Dale Rossetter ’54”. Brick Graffiti Series.
“W.B.R. 1974”
“_____ BROS”
Moon of M.R. ‘1985. Brick Graffiti Series.
“W.N. ’86”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Peering into a remote office at Manitoba Wheat Pool #3. Someone left their to-do list behind.
“Richard Glumac ’45”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica M7. Serious enough to write across the side of the tank, but not serious enough to have a sign made.
Drawn in fresh concrete about 50 years before I took this picture, and only 2 years after this elevator blew up…
Circa-1935 graffiti in concrete across the slip from Huron-Portland.
“Roger O.”
” Joe Sheldon; R.K. ’47-’48”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Graffiti by a crew member of the Algolake.
Circa-1960s graffiti. Someone got their ass kicked.
Carvings on the back of a barracks building.
Chicago-made fire door.
Debating immigrants.
More circa-1935 graffiti.
In front of a rust-welded Illinois rotary stoker is where the boiler-men made their mark. The last year I can make out is 1985.
A chalkboard halfway to the headhouse is untouched since the mill closed. It still has the cheat sheets!
The guard shack protecting the Nike launch pad.
“N.L. ’45”. Brick Graffiti Series.
A sign hanging near the shop office.
Worker graffiti in a stairway. If this is your birthday, you have to comment on this post!
“Peter”
“Daisy”… probably for the mill, as it was unusual for women to work at Daisy.
Next to the pit in the maintenance shop is “The Wall”… where rail workers wrote about interesting happenings at Shoreham.
“12-8-1914”
A little welding art one crosses over near the windlass room.
“B. M.” Brick Graffiti Series.
Miscellaneous math and strange instructions remain all across the shipment section walls. Sadly, this section likely fell into disrepair before the others.
The corners of these buildings are inscribed by a century of bored rail workers and delivery drivers. Pictured is the southeast corner of the Twohy, which is typical of mercantiles.
Who is Jo Jew? Is it you?
In the soft wood of the machine, an employee left their mark.
“Richard Glumac ’44”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Someone’s fractal cheat sheet, spraypainted on the side of the Osborn.
Latscher. Brick Graffiti Series.
A closeup of a flour chute.
“R.S. ’14”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Fire doors and penis talk.
1950s safety posters about static and proper footware hide in remote offices, where the curious haven’t stolen them… yet.
Moon of M.R. 5-22-1985. Brick Graffiti Series.
Two signatures complement this gorgeous hand-painted sign. ‘Bowers’ from 1987 and ‘Normal’ from 1982. The blocking on the letters is still visible!
Ruster at The Pool… employee graffiti about 100 above ground.
“R.M. ’43”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Postcards and snapshots in a high elevator office.
An arrangement of brick graffiti on the old boiler house building near the railroad tracks.