General Electric Co. Central Employment Office

[pauledell]

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This is the central employment office located on the west side of Broadway St. where all potential employees applied for a job for decades. It now serves as a dispensary for the remaining workers in the engineering lab and service support. Off to the right of the entrance under the window is a replica of an integral horsepower large frame induction motor that has been there for many years. The brightest part of this picture is the sun reflecting off the window of the car parked on the street, otherwise a dismal scene.

Paul

[Ernstblofeld]

Paul,

You could make a book with the photos and the stories! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Ernstblofeld

[pauledell]

Ernst,

 

Thanks for your kind words. I have no intentions of making a book for publication but I have been excited to take this project on since at one time or another I have been in most of these buildings during my career working there. I have found so many lost opportunities to photograph the past history. I have always regretted not taking more pictures of the railroad locomotives as a teen-ager. My father worked on the RR. Also there are many downtown Fort Wayne buildings and stores that have been lost in the restoration.

 

Paul