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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- 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
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Star Drug: 1946
Jan. 16, 1946. "Star Drug, business on Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York. Interior to rear. Jose A. Fernandez, client." Jergens Lotion, just 79 cents a (glass) bottle. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Check Out
"Check Out" the size of that cash register on the right.
Thank you Margaret Sanger
Completely hidden and never mentioned was standard practice in making rubber goods (condoms) or womb supporters (diaphragms) available, as it was illegal to distribute any form of contraceptive until 1965 when the Supreme Court struck down the Comstock Law of 1873.
[It was illegal in Connecticut, not New York. - Dave]
Back wall
Those bottles on the back wall suggest "potions" more than "drugs".
What's in those drawers
Those drawers behind the counter near the cash register held the condoms. Don't ask how I know -- I just do.
Different times.
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