Inspiration by lsquared

Inspiration

A collection of books that have inspired me through the years. All but the last one are from my grandfather's collection, he was a self-taught electrician for the railroads. I was given these after he passed away in the mid '70s. I was in middle school at the time. Guess who ended up getting a degree in Electrical Engineering?

Moving clockwise from the top right:

Handbook for Electrical Engineers - H. Pender 1928
Hawkins' Electrical Dictionary - 1923
Hand bound set of Electrical Engineering lessons from the American School's correspondence course - 1923
NFPA standard for Electrical Wiring and Apparatus - 1962
Hawkins' Electrical Guide Number 10 - 1916

and

A hand bound collection of AIEE Transactions, from J. Lewis Blackburn. Gifted to me after he passed in the late 90's.






What treasures. Love how you've presented them... Fav!
March 28th, 2020  
Ooo, treasures indeed! I scour antique stores for the likes of these for photo purposes. Great B&W you've created with yours.
March 28th, 2020  
great textures and line, good blacks and midtones!
March 28th, 2020  
Different times - imagine a self-taught electrician working on the railroads today!
March 28th, 2020  
wow these are wonderful
March 28th, 2020  
My dad and my husband were both electricians but they worked at the Navy Yard.
March 28th, 2020  
Lovely! I can almost smell them
April 1st, 2020  
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