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- 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
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- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
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- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
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- Tickled
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How to Swim: 1913
Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1913. "Swimming class at a naval training station. Many a merchant sailor cannot swim, but it is because he has never been in the navy. Here the instruction is part of the curriculum. In this generation a bluejacket who cannot swim is a rarity." National Photo Co. View full size.
You put your right foot in...
The birth of the Hokey-Pokey, recorded for posterity.
One-Two-Three-Kick!
Well, they might be learning to kick, but they look a lot more like "Hudson River Dance" than they look like the Rockettes.
Tip Me Over
I'm a little teapot,
short and stout
This is my handle,
this is my spout
When I get all steamed up,
hear me shout,
"Tip me over
and pour me out!"
Part of the uniform...
...was a farmer's tan apparently.
Side Stroke
As jnc said they are practicing the side stroke. Specifically, the scissors kick and the "picking apples off the tree" hand stroke.
At the University of North Carolina in the mid 1960's, you had to pass a swimming test (four laps of the pool using three different strokes) in order to graduate.
All together now!
One singular sensation..
Yoga
Looks like they are all trying to do "the tree." It's even harder when you don't hang on to something.
Can anyone explain
the purpose of this "flamingo" pose?
Young recruits
Look at the third sailor from right, he looks like a mere boy. I doubt he is a day older than 15!
Things Got Tougher
I the mid 1960s, when I joined the Navy, you couldn't complete basic training without passing a swim test.
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