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- 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
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Carrots and the Kaiser: 1918
Washington, D.C., 1918. "National Emergency War Garden Commission display, G Street." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
The lady is Mary Loughran
The lady is Mary Loughran, wife of Daniel Loughran who had retail & wholesale cigar stores in DC. G street for this photo then moved to E street. A wholesale warehouse was constructed on K street SE and the E street location rented to Basins Restaurant. Mary & Daniel Loughran were my great-grandparents.
The Lady
I think by standards of that time the lady in this photo must have been considered very attractive. I am stunned by the quality of the photos on this site.
Is it possible?
Is it possible this young lady was the MODEL for the posters? I see a certain similarity, and it might explain the "Cat who ate the canary" smile.
If you were there on that day in 1918
You would have seen what the big poster looked like in person, or in window.
I will resist a "Do you have any union leader in a can" comment.
The art is by James Montgomery Flagg whose most famous painting probably is the iconic Uncle Sam pointing pose with "I want YOU for U.S. Army". A Wiki visit is worth the time to learn about Flagg, once the highest-paid American artist.
Too Much Leg
The photographer is showing a bit too much leg!
Great posters and a very pretty lady!
What a neat combination.
Is it just a Cigar Store?
Planting seeds, Cigars, a knowing smile...
We know what this is really about, don't we?
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