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- Cold
- No expense spared
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- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
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- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Fill In the Blanks: 1942
May 1942. "Southington, Connecticut. Girls at drugstore." Luncheonette and Fountain Service. But what's the word behind the girls? Photo by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information. View full size.
What are....
What are "Rubber Goods"?
[At the time in the retail drug store trade, "rubber goods" referred to hot water bottles, syringes, enema equipment, rubber gloves and other DIY health-care items. - tterrace]
Gone but not forgotten
Oxley's was razed in August, 2000. Article here.
Hometown
This is my hometown and I still live here today. I used to eat breakfast at Oxley's for 99 cents
Location, Location, Location
That Drug Store probably did OK. Bus stop frontage brings 'em in.
You scream
We scream, we all scream for ice cream
Ice Cream
Simple as that. I'd say the words behind the girls spell ice cream. I wish I had some right now.
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