It’s a great start, but you have to decide what kind of work they do there to decide what kind of stuff should be in it. Do they mostly do woodworking? Metalworking? Painting? Build or repair furniture? or machinery? Bicycles? Automobiles? Oil field engines? New fangled electric appliances? General repairs? Casting? Forging? Brickmaking?
In the 20’s electric motors and I/C engines had started taking over from steam or water power. But you’d still likely have a long lineshaft with belt driven machines, and scads of specialty hand tools laid out in neat rows and hanging up everywhere so that they were organized and handy, but out of the way. There was also usually a largish coal or wood shop stove right in the middle of the floor.
Disorganized clutter was a sign of a bad boss. There might have been a scrap pile behind, but inside things were kept tidy. Tools were expensive, labor was cheap. So that’s what the shop boys and apprentices spent much of their days doing – sweeping, carrying… and dressing tools by hand.
Hope that helps
