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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- 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
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Swing Shift: 1943
April 1943. Buffalo, New York. "Swing-shift workers on the sidelines at the weekly swingshift dance held at the Main-Utica ballroom." Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Bell Aircraft Corporation ID button
Okay, not of Mr. De Corse, but nevertheless ...
Dear John
And thus the beginning of many "Dear John" letters to our boys overseas.
Chopper Guy
His lapel button says Bell Aircraft Corporation. He's acting like a bigwig. She's impressed. Great snapshot of an interesting era.
“Girls, Wear Your Slacks”
The Swing Shift Club dances opened Friday, September 11, 1942, at the Main-Utica Ballroom (former Dellwood Ballroom), 1384-88 Main Street (corner of Main and Utica, Buffalo, NY). The building was demolished in 2014 and replaced by a one story cinder-block building housing a Family Dollar store.
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