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July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Waiting for the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Entertaining themselves with the hand-held device known as a "newspaper." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information. View full size.
It looks like the two boys on the left are wearing child size Civil Defense helmets.
Your thought provoking comment gives this photo tremendously more impact on how many ways and how far we have come.
[Hint: many locations have earlier street views available, such as this from 2014 without a bus. -tterrace]
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