September 25, 2014, A TO Z: 1943. May 1943. Washington, D.C. "Office of War Information researchers working." Ann Rosener, OWI. Nothing like getting your photos at home. These OWI photographers compiled quite a history of the Home Front during the war.
September 17, 2014, BUS BAGGAGE: 1943. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. bringing baggage from a bus." Esther Bubley, OWI
There were ads on the wall for Kellogg's Rice Krispies "A hit for wartime meals." Also one for Amoco Oil reading, "The Gas Behind the Guns."
Buses were another major way to get around.
--GreGen
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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