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- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- 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
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Hello, Goodbye: 1942
August 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Waiting room at Greyhound bus depot." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.
Shady
"Listen, pal, when you get to the hotel, find the bellhop with the bad leg. That's Jimmy, he'll get you into the game. Tell him Frankie sent you."
Re: Dress and demeanor
Alfred Hitchcock captured a good portion of America during his films from this period (and through to the sixties), and many of the people in this photo (including the hats on the women!) would fit perfectly into the background and bit parts of many of these films.
Uniform
I'm trying to place the uniform of the gent underneath the Gate 6 sign. All I can think of is either a British or Australian soldier lost on the way to North Africa.
[And he has a temporary job as a letter carrier? That's a USPO uniform. - Dave]
Gee, thanks, Dave! You're a real mensch!
Now boarding --
Wow, look how nicely everyone is dressed. In today's world, even airports and train stations don't look this nice.
Dress and demeanor straight out of 1940s Central Casting
Type: "Town busybody."
Details
Historic Detroit has a history of this terminal, with wonderful pix, advertisements , and postcards of the exterior.
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