If this photo seems a little familiar, there’s a somewhat similar photo posted back here from a few years ago. This one was from a new box of photos that my in-laws came across and sent off with me to be scanned. It’s hard to tell if it’s the same shop, but it appears roughly about the same time (mid 1930s-early 1940s), with a man similarly pointing at a piece of machinery. Doede (2nd from left) was a blacksmith and metal worker, so this is probably something he created. It looks to be some kind of industrial furnace with stove openings on the front and what looks like either a pressure or temperature gauge on the top. This was definitely in the Netherlands, and you can see the man on the far left has traditional wooden shoes on. On the back is written, “Douglas at work,” probably by his wife, though years later. They all look rather serious and the two on the left have soot and dirt on their faces, probably from a hard day’s work.
