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The Old Ball Game: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 12:57pm.
August 1942. Detroit, Michigan. "Kids at ballgame, Briggs Stadium." Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Call me a duck
Submitted by Denny on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 7:03pm.
The kid in the middle attempting that whistling thing also looks like the first in history to be publicly displaying the Oregon "O." He's almost got it.
I can see
Submitted by Roberto Heijmans on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 3:26pm.
Tterrace in the front row in the middle. Or do I need new glasses?
Out of place for 1942
Submitted by btravis on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 11:33pm.
The kid in the upper right looks to be wearing a screened printed t-shirt. It looks out of place for this time period. Today all the kids would be wearing t-shirts. The shirt appears to read Ecorse. Which I assume represents Ecorse Michigan.
Outcomes
Submitted by ZebraMan on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 11:14pm.
I want to track down every one of those kids to hear their stories, indulge their memories or learn of their fate. How many died in Korea, maybe Vietnam? Which of them became rich? Went to jail? Lived simple, hard-working lives?
Suspense
Submitted by tterrace on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 3:57pm.
We should add to the list of culture-paradigm-shift moments the one at which it became no longer cool for kids of this age to be seen wearing suspenders. Much less a tie and vest at a ballgame. The one in the center is doing that kind of whistling thing I was never able to.
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