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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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Bringing Up Baby: 1938
September 1938. Chaplin, West Virginia. "Miner who has worked in mines since he was 14 and has tried to save money and have a better home, with his wife, suffering from bad bronchial condition and asthma." Plus Junior underfoot. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
The wall picture
If anyone wants to try identifying it, here's a squared-up version.
Atwater-Kent
That Atwater-Kent radio was expensive when new, but by 1938 it was a very old-fashioned, outdated set. Very likely this gentleman bought it second hand, as might have been the case with the rest of the furniture as well. Still, it looks like his thrift has paid off with a comfortable and tasteful home for his family. And how about those art deco lampshades!
Proof evident
By way of that expensive Atwater-Kent Model 55 Radio they're all listening to.
Close family
Yes, underfoot was my first observation as well.
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