Shorpy Home Front Photos: Railroads, Advertising and 4-H

July 16, 2014  BOBBY SOX BRIGADE: 1942.  July 1942  "East Montpelier, Vermont. Marilyn Ormsbee is president of her 4-H Club, the Montpeleier Center Girls, where she learns how to sew and cook economically and well."  Fritz Henle, OWI.

JULY 16, 2014, MAD MEN: 1943--  March 1943  "New York, New York.  Madison Avenue on a rainy day.'  John Vachon, OWI.

JULY 14, 2014, TUNE-UP: 1942--  December 1942.  "Chicago, Illinois.  Locomotive under repair at the Chicago & Northwestern shops."  Jack Delano, OWI.

JULY 11, 2014, SANTA FE CATHEDRAL:  1943--  March 1943 "Fort Madison, Iowa Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee railroad." Jack Delano, OWI.

I just wrote about this town in my Not So Forgotten: The War of 1812 blog.

--GreGen