The reverse V-for-Victory sign actually would earn a few pink slips. But in this case I don't think anybody will complain about giving Hitler the middle finger.

Which, like box springs today, is not something I think people threw out that often. Maybe these kids convinced their parents it was better on their backs to go without bedsprings? And maybe they asked after the fact.

[Or they're from car seats, sofas, etc. - Dave]

*sigh* I pine for the old days when people knew how to be impromptu and unfettered by the burden of what could and what might happen. Look at all these kids perched upon a pile of unstabilized, sharp and jagged-edged junk. All flashing a patriotic V for Victory sign to boot. Here we are 81 years later and you'd never be able to recreate this photo. There would be barricades, orange cones and danger tape all around the perimeter. Anyone allowed near the junk would be wearing thick clothing, steal-toed boots, face & eye protection, hard hats, gloves and flashing the V for Victory symbol would be followed by a pink slip for offending someone. *sigh*

[Do "steal-toed" boots belong to someone else? - Dave]

Some of the kids are giving the reverse peace sign as Churchill did in '41.
Wonder if they knew.

of Mussolini is a little off, but the sentiment is great.

I'm sure those kids didn't pick up all the scrap metal on display. That radiator, leaning on the stove over to the right, would be weighing several hundreds of pounds. The stove wouldn't exactly be a lightweight either.

[That was nothing compared to the trouble they had driving the truck. - Dave]

I see Macaulay Culkin made an appearance at the bottom of the pile.