July 16, 2014 BOBBY SOX BRIGADE: 1942. July 1942 "East Montpelier, Vermont. Marilyn Ormsbee is president of her 4-H Club, the Montpeleier Center Girls, where she learns how to sew and cook economically and well." Fritz Henle, OWI.
JULY 16, 2014, MAD MEN: 1943-- March 1943 "New York, New York. Madison Avenue on a rainy day.' John Vachon, OWI.
JULY 14, 2014, TUNE-UP: 1942-- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive under repair at the Chicago & Northwestern shops." Jack Delano, OWI.
JULY 11, 2014, SANTA FE CATHEDRAL: 1943-- March 1943 "Fort Madison, Iowa Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee railroad." Jack Delano, OWI.
I just wrote about this town in my Not So Forgotten: The War of 1812 blog.
--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.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Railroads, Advertising and 4-H
Labels:
4-H,
advertising,
homefront,
OWI,
photographs,
railroads,
Shorpy Photos,
trains
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