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.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Shorpy Photos: Home Front-- Railroad Ladies and Meat Grinders

APRIL 25, 2014,  SISTER ACT: 1943--  May 1943.  Pitcairn, Pa.  "Twins Amy and Mary Rose Lindich, 21, employed by Pennsylvania Railroad as car repairmen, earning  72 cents per hour.  They reside in Jeannette and carpool with fellow worker."  By Marjory Collins.

APRIL 23, 2014,  GRINDER: 1943--  Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico.  Girl grinding meat at home.  By John Collier, OWI.    None of that store bought stuff here.  Several comments by people who remember using the old hand-cranked, stuff the meat into the cylinder, meat grinders.

--GreGen

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