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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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Be My Guest: 1944
March 1944. Two guests at a St. Patrick's Day party at the Washington Labor Canteen sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Joseph Horne, Office of War Information.
Party of Two
What a sweet picture! I wish there was some way to find out who they are.
Perspectives shift
One picture, shifted perspectives. In the era when the photo was taken, some viewers were likely bothered by the image of a black man holding a white child's hand, never mind the circumstances. Those same people couldn't have cared at all about what would be the red flag instead to today's viewers: Someone is smoking a cigarette near a child.
Be My Guest
Where did you find this photo? I couldn't find it among the photos on the Library of Congress site.
[It's here. - Dave]
He's
not so bad either. A very pleasing face.
Party Guest
That little charmer should be at a Valentine's Day party. She's stolen my heart!
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