JANUARY 10, 2017-- A BITE TWO EAT:1943: April 1943. "Washington, D.C.. A cafeteria." Esther Bubley, OWI. Two ladies chowing down.
JANUARY 11, 2017-- FLIRTY DANCING: April 1943. Washington, D.C. "Jitterbugs at an Elks Club dance, the 'cleanest dances in town'." Esther Bubley, OWI.
Wonder what the "dirty" dances were?
Even in war, people gotta eat and dance.
--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.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Shorpy Home Front: The Dance and the Eating
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cafeterias,
dancing,
jitterbug,
photographs,
Shorpy Photos
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