The Lineman, Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, 1949

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JeffGoldblumSucks on April 26th, 2017 at 19:12 UTC »

Telephone lineman are slowly disappearing; truly accurate depiction of this era lineman

mburke1124 on April 26th, 2017 at 19:51 UTC »

My grandfather was a lineman after WWII for forty years. His favorite phrase was "that is some good god damn shit". He actually looked just like the guy in the picture. He was your classic gruff old dude, had the strongest hands in the world.

HubertFiorentini on April 26th, 2017 at 20:32 UTC »

This image of it is oddly cropped. Here's the original: http://www.nrm.org/wp2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Advertisements-650x891.jpg