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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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Happy Days: 1940
December 1940. "Workers eating lunch on curb across the street from the Consolidated Aircraft factory. San Diego, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Supercharged!
Love that "Supercharged" Model A! Wonder if it's true, does not look like a hot rod of any fashion.
Tight Squeeze
Interesting park job between the two cars on the left which appear to be just inches apart. Maybe someone was playing a practical joke?
I guess getting out via the passenger side was much easier with bench seats!
"Supercharged"?
The Model A with two horseshoes and the crank starter.
Three years in the future
They'll be fighting their way across Europe and the Far East. Hope they fared well.
[Actually many if not most of the young men employed at defense plants in 1940 kept their jobs for the duration of the war. - Dave]
I didn't know that Thanks Dave
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