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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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Porch Swinger: 1941
March 1941. "Front porch of rooming house. Portsmouth, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Dig Your Own
Up close, personal
Viewed closer, this photo almost speaks. I want to know more.
Red Cross
What is the significance of a Red Cross symbol in the window of a rooming house? Medical care available inside?
Call a spade a spade
Not gonna lie: I'm deeply impressed with the lady's collar pin. (I wanted to say I dig it but Karaboo was too quick on the draw.) Props to her for being original and witty. Cute outfit too.
[Swing dude is another colorful accessory. - Dave]
Sweater Girls
During the 1940s, young women were crazy about sweaters -- the reasoning for which the irrepressible Bob Hope claimed was a mystery he'd like to unravel.
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