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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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Washday Blues: 1941
April 1941. Washday in South Side Chicago. 35mm safety negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Grandma's house
A kitchenette apartment! My grandma lived in one during that time.
Not Quite Candid Camera
Russell Lee did not burst into her apartment and catch her by surprise. She must have thought that if someone was going to take pictures of her, she should look nice for the occasion. She succeeded, because we admire her clothes and her self-respect.
[She's a clerical worker at an insurance company about to leave for work. - Dave]
A Well-Dressed Generation
Wow.... nice dress, nice shoes ... Then again maybe it's the only thing left that's clean.
[The June Cleaver school of housework. - Dave]
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