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, June 22, 2016

Shorpy Home Front Photos:

9-2-14  GREYHOUD GARAGE: 1943--  September 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Esther Bubley, OWI.

8-30-14  GOGGLE GLASS: 1942--  December 1942.  "Chicago, Illinois.  Workmen grinding out a small part at the Chicago & Northwestern repair shop."  Jack Delano, OWI.

8-28-14 POP CULTURE: 1943.  "Columbus, Ohio.  A Greyhound bus driver off duty."  In a diner.  An ad in the background says, "I'd Give a Month's Pay for a Dr. Pepper."

10-11-14   IRONWOMAN: 1943--   June 1943.  Arlington County, Virginia.  "Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls.  Laundry room in Idaho Hall."  Esther Bubley, OWI.  Women are ironing their clothes.

Somebody's Got to Do It.  --GreGen

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