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- A Case of Mistaken Identity
- "Girls' Town"
- Stunning
- Sock it to me
- Steam disguise
- Airline ad
- Guard rails
- Dangerous wringers
- Arsenic Oreos
- Danke, Thanks, Merci
- Chipman Union hosiery mill
- Fire causes: embers falling or flying sparks
- M.I.J.
- What Are the Odds?
- All men.
- Power cord
- Mangler
- Just Curious
- Water Barrels?
- Rug Monitor
- Barreling along the track.
- Barrels and tracks?
- Heart Pine Floor
- Tough on litter?
- Barrels
- Questions Questions Questions
- Dual use
- Wringers vs Mangles
- Perfectly safe!
- Who Could Nap
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Vintage photos of:
Campfire Boys: 1943
August 1943. Southfields, New York. "Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Singing around the campfire." Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
On Lake Stahahe in Harriman State Park
...but Shorpy knew that.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/6414
In the 50's I spent 3 full summers at camp Trexler, on the same lake. Most kids got to go only a few weeks but my mom was the camp nurse.
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