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- 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
- 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
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Desperado: 1941
July 1941. "Store with cap guns and fireworks for sale, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
General Patton would not approve
... of pearl grips on a cap gun. And while I like a good Hubley, I'm a Fanner 50 man.
Hubley
A first-rate brand. Ask the kid who owned one.
Very nice inventory, I am partial to the pearl handled 1911.
"A dog"
A plaster dog, at that. I bet his mother just loved it! Well, at least it didn't need to be housebroken.
Cap Rolls
The "ammo" for a cap gun is a roll of red paper with small amounts of explosive powder. The smell of the smoke emitted along with the shot was part of the experience.
I give up
What in the world is on the front of this young man?
[A dog. - Dave]
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