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- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- 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
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Big Bruvver: 1941
July 1941. "Children outside tent home at the FSA migratory farm labor camp mobile unit. Athena, Oregon." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Be it ever so humble ...
That bicycle is virtually new, so someone was thinking of the children and perhaps some double-duty fun.
Cringe
This brings back vivid memories of the times I rode barefoot and ended up with bloody toes.
Grapes of Wrath scene
With all the aforementioned amenities, all that's is lacking is a lawnmower or a few goats for mowing duties.
Simple pleasures -- few comforts
No hot and cold running water; no indoor plumbing; difficult to prepare warm meals; no privacy. Toys were a luxury ...
[The camp had stoves, running water, a laundry, hot showers, a swimming pool and at least one bicycle. Also a boxing ring. - Dave]
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