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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Shorpy World War II Home front Photos-: New York and D.C.

Life went on back in the United States and the Office of War Information was there to take pictures of it.

JUNE 26, 2014:  HATTY'S HATS: 1943:  March 1943.  "Trucks in garment district.  By John Vachon, OWI.

JUNE 23, 2014:  EN ROUTE: 1943:  March 1943:  "Washington, D.C..  "Riding on a streetcar."  By Esther Bubley, OWI.

JUNE 22, 2014:  I FEEL FINE:  1944:  June 1944.  "Brooklyn, N.Y. Home nursing class held at community house of the Church of the Good Shepherd."  Howard Hollum, OWI.

JUNE 21, 2014:  RACING DAY PEOPLE: 1943:  March 1943.  New York, N.Y. Times Square on a rainy day by John Vachon, OWI.

--GreGen

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