Two recent photographs from the Shorpy site.
OCTOBER 25, 2015 MANHATTAN: 1942: September, 1942. New York, New York. Looking north from Ninth Street station at the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track." By Marjory Collins, OWI.
OCTOBER 24, 2015 THE CAUTIOUS COMMUTER 1942: September 1942. "New York, New York. Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated railway at 89th Street about 8:45 a.m." By Marjory Collins, OWI.
You still had to get from point A to Point B and public transportation was the way to go with all the rationing.
--GreGen (Greatest Generation)
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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