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Old Posted Jul 27, 2014, 9:00 PM
Earl Boebert Earl Boebert is offline
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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug View Post
The men in this photo appear to be Mr. DeLario's office draftsmen. I don't know about today but back then, architectural draftsmen were well-known for wearing bow ties. They even used to joke about it themselves.
My high school drafting teacher also always wore a bow tie, because a long tie could get in the way when you were leaning close to an inclined drafting board or a plan on a flat table. Even worse if it dragged through a freshly-inked section.

Cheers,

Earl
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