August 5, 2016, Shorpy GUYS AND DOLLS June 1941. Greenbelt, Maryland. "Sun bathers at the swimming pool." Marjory Collins, OWI. What every well dressed boy and girl (I'm guessing high school students) wore to the local swimming pool. You can see a person dressed in a soldier's uniform in the background.
Shorpy July 29, 2016, WORK, READ, WASH 1943-- March 1943. Barstow, California. "Railroad worker in the wash room of the reading room in the Santa Fe yard." Jack Delano, OWI.
--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.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Shorpy Photos of the Home Front: Swimming and Reading
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homefront,
OWI,
photographs,
railroads,
Shorpy Photos,
swimming,
trains
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