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- 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
- Catenary Supports
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Southwark Plumbing: 1949
"Southwark Plumbing & Heating Supply, Philadelphia, 1949." 4x5 acetate negative from the archives of Signal Corps photographer Lt. Joseph Zinni. View full size.
Tailfin preview
The 1948 Cadillac, shown, was the first production car to sport tailfins. Many Cadillac dealers were afraid the public would not like them. WRONG!
1946 Ford
It's the one missing a rear hubcap and displaying the deflated fender.
Man Wanted
When I tell my students that want ads were segregated by sex well into my teen years, they protest "but they couldn't do that, could they?" It's a reminder that times *do* change...
Just guessing
No idea who owns the Ford or the Dodge, but I'm betting that the Caddy belongs to a licensed plumber.
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