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- If they made a movie of it
- Obsolete by then.
- Half the tonnage at the NYPANO dock
- Ravages escaped, bank notes signed and dated
- Chatham expansion
- Steepled in History
- Made by York
- No Summer Vacation
- Wait a minute ...
- $$$
- Joad on the Road
- Street Lights Survive
- Now & then
- More or Less? It's a lot less
- A new image.
- Same ol' story ...
- $13,589,422,507.55 in 2024 dollar$
- Skinned knuckles
- Not enough
- Completed, and then enlarged
- Awnings
- 500 West Madison Street
- On this site
- Knowing Time
- Combine Norma Desmond with Ingrid Bergman
- Railroad Time(s)
- And you thought Coca-Cola had a unique additive ...
- Truck Noir
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A Very Kelly Christmas: 1940
December 1940. "The family of John Kelly, who works in the Navy yard in South Boston. Their present tenement in Quincy is completely inadequate. They have been unable to move because every real estate agent has turned him down, claiming there was no reason why they should rent to large families when there is such a great demand for decent houses by hundreds of incoming shipyard workers." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Commissioner Kelly
Ironically, Leo grew up to be the Quincy Housing Commissioner. I grew up in Quincy, and they are a well-known family.
More crowded than we thought
Here is abstract from 1940 census
John L Kelly 39
Elizabeth Kelly 42
John L Kelly 14
David Kelly 12
Alfred Kelly 11
Joseph Kelly 9
Elizabeth Kelly 7
Leo Kelly 5
Philip Kelly 3
Robert Kelly 2
Agnes Ormond 48
Agnes, not pictured, is the sister-in-law.
Occupation: Pipe Carener (cleaner?)
Industry: Navy Yard
Completely inadequate
Inadequate though this tenement may be deemed to be, it’s still a far cry from some of the lodgings we’ve seen on Shorpy from a decade earlier. I see a lamp with a shade, matching upholstered furniture, a Christmas tree, decent clothing. Maybe there aren’t enough bedrooms, but it’s a step up from much of the Depression-era housing we see on this site. (Note to John Kelly: easy for me to say, but maybe give your weary wife a break, pal.)
So much family resemblance
The little boy reading the comics looks more like his mom.
Overwhelmed -
the mother and the girl sitting next to Dad. Not surprising when the eight other members of the family are male.
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