JULY 30, 2014, FIRE-EATERS: 1942-- December 1942, Chicago, Illinois. "Working on a giant locomotive, one of the '400s; in the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad shops. Jack Delano, OWI.
A really, really big locomotive to haul those supplies and troops across the country.
JULY 28, 2014, DALLAS NOIR: 1942-- January 1942. "Elm Street Theater Row in Dallas." the war's on, but lights are still on all over the place.
Comment: Summer 1942 and blackout rules. Evidently not here.
JULY 27, 2014, GARBAGE OUT: 1943-- May 1943, New York. "Emptying garbage out into truck from Harlem apartment house." Gordon Parks, OWI.
Even with a war on, the garbage still had to be picked up.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Fire-Eaters, Give Me Light, Garbage
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Dallas Texas,
garbage,
homefront,
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Shorpy Photos,
theaters,
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