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That's back when they really built something not just throwed together. They have all these regulation rules permits and nothing is built as good as it was back then

Amazing video. Truly good to see great work ethic and attention to detail.

I'm just here to say F those guys for putting up lath & plaster!!

All that hearty old-growth lumber! Much more durable than today’s white-wood lumber.

Hammers a bangin' instead of airguns a firein'.

Does anyone know what area this is from? I noticed they were using platform framing on this house, around East TN it was still all balloon framing in 1928.

I'm shocked 😲 not much has changed great vid 😊👍

Nice to see the guys who put in the stuff i have been ripping apart for 25 years. Interesting it was older gentlemen mostly

Came here to see a video of how houses were freely built to what builders and future home owners pleased before building codes.

that little boy would grow up to be what we now call the greatest generation

Very cool to see how my home was built. This home was built in 1928 but mine was built in 1934. Behind my plaster is 16"x32" plasterboard (sheet rock pieces 3/8" thick) instead of the wood lath shown here. My home has all new wire and is a smart home now, but still looks original, as most devices are built in & hidden. My outside is not stucco, it is cedar lap siding & cedar sculped shakes on all of the gables.

**UPDATE** Builders featured in this video are currently employed at local Lowe's locations.

Isn't this a high end home for being built in the 20s?

i was brought up in a victorian, 1890, the foundation is made out of huge, huge blocks of granite, greatest foundation i've ever seen. the center of the house, forget it. it sagged so much, it was terrible. the house i live in now, 1917, , they used 2x4's for the ceiling, with a livingroom 18 feet long, they put them in the long way, i had to re level it, and hang the wood structure with in the attic, it's a one story home, just a tipical three decker lay out. there isn't one level floor in my home. rock foundation, with morter,,, so cheap,, the guy built five of these , it's also on its fourth heating system. may as well go back to my first house that was built in 1872,, that was easy, lol

A house built by craftsmen.

Back in the day of a true 2 by 4.

Doing hard manual labor in oxford button-downs, pleated trousers, leather sole bluchers, waistcoats and apple caps. Beautiful.

Back when manual laborers actually wore a blue collar.

Back when America was truly great

i bought my home in 1971 it was built on 1922 it has knob & tube electrical i upgraded the meter it also has rope & sash weights the walls are also plastered its a craftsman design i still live in it

Not nearly as good as Laurel and Hardy's "The Finishing Touch" XD

That's from the days when a two by four was really two inches by four inches.

Amazing to see these craftsmen at work. They had this house built with the depression just around the corner. Wonder how they held out , and the workers ? Sad to think about.

My grandfather was a great carpenter. Could pitch roof and make cabinets. All in a suit and tie 😊.

These men were really craftsmen.

Ah the dream begins.

This Industrial was produced less than one year after Warner Brothers innovated movie history with the first “talkie”

Square 4 sided nuts ……been a minute since I came across those

@2:19 assuming that SS America or SS United States

Average home today costing 500,000 plus.. for shit shack cheap materials resin plastic crap .. cutting corners!! they don’t make em like this anymore!!

2:03 wow I heard that right…. Work to death and discuss your dreams of having an actual life instead of your farming and housekeeping. That’s what you fantasized about then? That’s pathetic I dislike your state immensely. I feel immense pity for the women of then and now.

Shame that Kentucky went back to plain, muddy, junk, littered parks. I’ve been to almost every state including MS and gross. But I refuse to go to Kentucky. It’s vile. Sorry ppl but it is.

Oh… I much prefer Toyota…

I didn’t know chickens ate marble… that’s strange but it’s what’s he said.

1:16 wait so according to this they’re still operating this quarry? Wow.

17:28 I highly disagree. It doesn’t matter that it’s a business. I own my own and I take calls in my office myself a lot. I only keep a secretary for the busiest days of the week and I always ask “May I ask who is trying to reach me so I can better assist you?”. See. Nothing wrong with that. People were far too easily offended. I’m glad that’s gone. Not the politeness part. But the effort to make the world almost too perfect must have been an awful strain on women and I disagree with that. Women are not just secretaries and typists they’re human being with advanced knowledge and keen intellect. I am male but I would never disrespect my secretary by raising my tenor and demanding things. I treat her just as I want to be treated and she has been with me for half of a decade. I have to edit this. I even bring her coffee and usually lunch because I enjoy getting out of the office to do something else at meal breaks. She doesn’t need me for anything at all like that it’s just being a kind person. Kindness and politeness is something I demand in my office but I don’t reprimand anyone if they’re having a bad day or make a mistake when they’ve been with me so long. Only new people need a gentle push. And I mean gentle because being pompous makes you seen as arrogant and someone that does not understand what it’s like to be human and work hard.

12:53 You know if order to keep that hair that way it takes over 100 comb throughs every night and then the curlers and products have to go in. And more. I’ve watched more of these and the amount of time it takes to make their hair this stylish means they have to get ready for bed at 7pm and begin the process and wake at 5 to complete it. Personally, I think it looks great but the old fashioned way of doing it reduces personal time so much it’s a hassle and straight hair would be easier but nobody “wanted” that then. They wanted everything to look like “the pictures” so they went through this exorbitant amount of work to please men; whereas young men just needed a plain fast combing and some shilak until they got bald and then it doesn’t matter bc they’re still in charge. Good grief. 🤦‍♂️

When America still had a stong industry. All sold out. Gone.

I watch it every year. Never gets old. Back when everything didnt come from china and people could have dreams and turn them into reality.

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Funny, my 1947 Caddy coupe has more compound curves than Jane Russel.

As a body draftsman nearing retirement, I remember this age very well. The cars of the late 70s and early 80s were all hand drawn. There was true artistry involved with the best body draftmen. We took great pride in our work because we knew dies were getting cut from our hand drawings. The computer is certainly easier and allows for tighter tolerances, but it is no different than the old campass, sweeps and triangles. It is a tool and is only as good as the guy driving it. The manual world forced the draftsman to think three dimensionally in a two-dimensional medium. You couldn't just spin the data on the screen. The great ones were truly brilliant because you would have to see lines of multiple parts on a master layout all together, and they were the same color - black lines on mylar. I loved working with all of those guys!

The bald guy was in Twilight Zone... The Camera episode. As a matter of fact I think all these guys were in a TZ episode lol.

Does anyone know who played Mr. Burton's and Mr. Blackburn's secretaries?

Just got my hands on a 59 fat fifty seahorse, I’m gonna do my damndest to get it started

I didn't d😊😊😊😊😊p

The guy laying the hardwood .. dear God his back.

Lies!!!!

Almost a century later houses are built with the same logic of nailing thousands of tiny parts. Counterproductive system.

Not a fatty in sight!