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March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Trucks in the wholesale district." At the Chair Exchange on South Howard Street. Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Did anybody else read "Invalid Chairs" as "In-VAL-id chairs" and not "IN-val-lid chairs"??
Here I was wondering what would make the chairs in-VAL-id but still sellable.
Where they hexed?? Only non-superstitious people could buy them?? LOL.
The corner at Lombard and South Howard was swept clean. The only period survivor is at 22 South Howard, a sliver of which might be visible in the image. Somehow the Bromo Seltzer Tower survived (around the block).
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