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Homecoming: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 10:59pm.
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1919. Washington, D.C. Back from the front. "U.S. Army. Return of soldiers." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Spence
Submitted by tterrace on Sat, 06/20/2009 - 1:13pm.
If that guy leaning out of the window on the left isn't Spencer Tracy, then I'm Katharine Hepburn.
Next Time Around
Submitted by Raccoon Princess on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 11:38am.
These soldiers look the same as soldiers coming home from World War II. That wouldn't be any big deal except they sure didn't look the same leaving. Those pictures belong more to the nineteenth century than twentieth.
Kid on our right looks all of eighteen at most. Fourth in is handsome, but sure has the 1000-yard stare.
I guess the guys still on the train have family at a later stop.
Faces...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 9:28pm.
A great study of faces and expressions---some happy, some a little haunted--amazing detail, as usual.
How ya gonna keep em.......
Submitted by rgraham on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 11:38am.
"How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've eeen Paree?"
The looks on the faces of those doughboys applies to that old song. Momma, hide your daughters!
Windows Again
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 10:51am.
Those windows are most likely stained glass. Check out this link about a similar car now at the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum.
Frosted
Submitted by swein on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 9:57am.
They look more like textured glass rather than stained.
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