CROWDED COMMUTE: 1942, 1-30-13. April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Students and workers returning home on a trolley at 5 p.m.. There is a sign saying, "Please leave by rear door." A man is smoking. Evidently these buses are not segregated as blacks are seated by whites.
AN AMERICAN FAMILY: 1943, 1-29-13. March 1943. "Rochester, New York. The Babcocks, an American family, tuning in for war news. Mr. and Mrs. Babcock with children Shirley, Howard and Earl. All of them are sitting by the radio and looking at it. By Ralph Amdursky, OWI.
Comment: I enjoyed the golden glow of the tuner on our upright radio. An air raid warden once knocked on the family's door during a blackout drill and said he could see the tuner light from the street.
Comment: Perhaps they were listening to shows instead of news.
TRUCK STOP: 1942, 1-27-13. March 1943. "Transport refueling at Hecht Co. warehouse on New York Avenue in Washington, D.C.. John Vachon OWI.
There is a truck by the pump.
Comment: It is a '36 GMC truck. Also a truck on the scale. Macy's owned the Hecht Warehouse. The building is still there and on the NRHP, considered to be an art deco masterpiece of architecture.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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