From the Shorpy Photo site.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016-- BOXCAR BROWN 1942: December 1942. "Research laboratory worker at Chicago & North Western's 40th Street Yard examines paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad." By Jack Delano, the "Train Guy," OWI. Have to keep those trains looking good and provide a canvas for the graffiti folk.
NOVEMBER 24, 2016-- FLORIDA ICE: February 1943. "Jacksonville, Florida. Street scene in the Negro section." Gordon Parks, OWI.
Even with the war on, people still needed to keep items cold in their ice boxes. Many people did not have refrigerators yet.
--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.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Painting the Trains and Florida Ice
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blacks,
homefront,
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Shorpy Photos,
trains
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