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- Rear View
- Way in the back --
- Button It Up
- And with an eye on the time ...
- Working in an enclosed ashtray
- Rear View Mirror?
- Tobacco cam
- Basic fact I learned only later in life
- Put a Lid on it!
- Pinstripes in the Tower
- Sound enhancement
- 3438 in '38
- Second Career
- Their days are numbered
- Only the Sensor
- Train control mechanism
- Rarest of the Rare?? & Classy 3400 Class
- Control Mechanism
- Those standpipes
- Wrenches
- International D-40 I believe
- Job prospects
- You had me at Train
- Land of the free
- Broad-Exchange Bldg
- Parking innovation
- The old block
- "Peck turned a sweet propeller"
- National Bank Building
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Printporium
Headquarters: 1942
August 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Children." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.
Children, stamps and coins, and a mom?
Or is that big sister?
Associated with the business behind?
I assume that three if not four on that group photo were never allowed access behind the transaction counter.
The three on the left
look like siblings.
Interesting there was a big enough business in war medals that Mr. Fratcher included it in his wall ad. I'm guessing that market was a result of the Great Depression. Soon, there would be a lot more war medals out there.
Time travelers
At first glance I saw that kid in the middle and thought it was a mid-60s pic. A striped shirt does that every time. The haircuts on the boys kinda give that vibe too.
Collector extraordinaire
The owner of Michigan Stamp and Coin Company was William Frederick Fratcher. He also contributed to the founding of The Numismatist magazine by trading a printing press to the actual founder. Here is an exhaustive (or exhausting) history of Mr. Fratcher.
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