Thursday, October 9, 2025

Macy’s employee Mike Reynolds, 53, slides from the 19th to the ground floor on package chutes before Christmas, ca. 1940s, to ensure that no package gets stuck. Reynolds had been doing this for 26 years when the picture was taken, slid about 2 miles a week, and wore out a pair of overalls every six weeks.

 


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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM

    What a way to make a living…

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  2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM

    Better ride than Magic Mt.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM

    Just imagine what it would be like if everybody took their jobs seriously.?

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  4. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM

    Before OSHA!

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  5. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM

    Why is there a brown skid mark on my package?

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  6. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM

    Hopefully Macy's supplied the overalls and he didn't have to replace them out of pocket.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM

    Dude! Earned your paycheck! Must of been by accident, the job position began.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM

    reminds me of boot camps "slide for life".

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  9. JohnOctober 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM

    I worked for several different major department stores in the 1970's and 1980's... before the internet and Amazon. It was pretty terrific employment back when life was kinder and simpler.

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