[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

Of the three people not standing, the one in the middle is my grandfather less than a month after he turned 20 years old. At this point he ran the charging car, which picked up boxes of scrap and put them in the furnace. A couple years later my grandfather's younger brother had the same job: 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, for 36 cents an hour (luckily it only cost a nickel to ride the streetcar to work). Southern California Iron and Steel moved to Huntington Park and in 1929 became part of Bethlehem Steel

Seven days a week? That's hard work. Thanks for posting these personal photos and information. Most interesting.