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Milk Men: 1941
... Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Robert and John Gaynor Robert Harold Gaynor ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/10/2019 - 1:12pm -

September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Robert and John GaynorRobert Harold Gaynor - Oct 31, 1931-May 25, 1996 (age 64) John Roger Gaynor - Feb 13, 1934-Jul 29, 1959 (age 25) Their parents, William Harold Gaynor (Jun 7, 1907-Aug 9, 1983) and Lelia (Lulu) Elizabeth O'Connell Gaynor (Feb 8, 1906-1957), had 3 other children: Raymond Thomas Gaynor (May 5, 1935-1955) Richard Lee Gaynor (Feb 26, 1938-Jun 10, 1992) Caroline Mae Gaynor (Dec 1, 1939, apparently still living) What a marvelous pictureOf two lovely boys, they look so angelic. But I bet they could be sitting on slingshots and rocks! Wall blobOh look, it’s the face of a major religious personality! No wait, maybe a map of Austria. A Prized PossessionThe boy on the left has an egg peeking out of his bib pocket. Could it be a real egg found up a tree or a porcelain egg he won in some contest? Either way it would be a prize to a boy of his age and for me too about 10 years later. Do young boys still treasure eggs today? [Not as much as they treasure a nice shiny river stone. - Dave] [EvenSteven ... A stone? Could be since carrying an egg in your pocket could lead to disaster especially if you have a jealous sibling. If it is a stone then it is a cool looking stone and it would have gone into my cigar box of treasures] (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Kids, Kitchens etc.)
Proviso Freight House: 1943
... world." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the OWI. (The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 5:39pm -

April 1943. "Chicago & North Western R.R. Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to be the largest covered freight house in the world." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the OWI. (The Gallery, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Guano Depot: 1940
... snap of a gas pump, fertilizer barns and some mules by Jack Delano. View full size. NC Law Stop Sign I'm puzzled as to why there ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2019 - 10:05am -

May 1940. From the vicinity of Stem, North Carolina, comes this uncaptioned snap of a gas pump, fertilizer barns and some mules by Jack Delano. View full size. NC Law Stop SignI'm puzzled as to why there is a stop sign in the background. Just beyond the sign, there is what might be a railroad track, though it does not seem to cross the road. From this angle, can't tell. Alternate RealityWell, the town seems welcoming these days. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Jack Delano, Rural America)
Nesting Doll: 1941
... in Lawrence in the winter." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Russian? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/09/2020 - 3:04pm -

January 1941. "Ann Garabedian, Russian girl married to Armenian vegetable gardener in Andover, Massachusetts. Her husband works as a truck driver in Lawrence in the winter." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Russian?Garabedian is Armenian family name, not Russian. The USSR was a big country with many nations. The Russians were one of them, but not the only one. [It's Mr. Garabedian who's Armenian. Just like it says in the caption! - Dave] (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kitchens etc.)
Greensboro: 1941
... View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Mining) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/12/2007 - 12:16am -

June 1941. Sawmill and smokestack at the Greensboro Lumber Co. in Greensboro, Georgia. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Mining)
Store Wars: 1941
... near Phenix City, Alabama." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Appropriate game theme for them to be playing! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/07/2018 - 10:27am -

May 1941. "Soldiers from Fort Benning in a country store near Phenix City, Alabama." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Appropriate game theme for them to be playing!https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=3071&picno=2753 Five Balls For Five CentsIt's a survivor. Or rather, there's at last one "Contact" pinball game still around. Backlight animation for the plane and the carrier. Don't tilt. No refunds. Saints in Sin CityI've read stories where Phenix City (not Las Vegas) was the sleaziest, most corrupt and violent city in the United States during the 40's and 50's, and a lot of it came from providing the Fort Benning soldiers booze, gambling, prostitution, etc. Let's hope these guys didn't fall into that black hole. The rest of the story"The Phenix City Story," filmed on location there in 1955: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048488/ Go Alabama!I just had to be the contrarian. Everything you've heard is trueI lived in Phenix City and worked for The Columbus Ledger across the river in Georgia in the early '70s. The Ledger won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Phenix City cleanup, from the assassination of state attorney-general-elect Albert Patterson to the destruction of tons of slot machines, the closing of prostitution dens, and gambling halls. I became obsessed with the story, read all the Pulitzer application folders, and discussed it for hours with the old newspaper hands who covered it for The Ledger. Interesting that Ma Beachey, the most notorious madam in town played herself in the film. By the time I lived there, PC was a small, quiet Southern town more concerned with Auburn football than vice and corruption. By the way, the two men who everyone knew were behind it all, including the man who everyone said killed Patterson, were still living there, untouched and unindicted when I left there in 1975. "House" with a neon signWhen we drove through Phenix City in the mid '50s, I heard the rumor that one of the places offering "entertainment" was outfitted with a neon sign so it could be easily found by those wishing to pay for female company. Never saw the place myself, but after the cleanup of gambling and prostitution, there were several female hitchhikers that we saw along the highways out of town. War Eagle!I would just love to have that Auburn pennant! Of course, Auburn wouldn't be officially Auburn University for another 15 years. Back then we were still Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Very long time lurker, first time poster. Thank you for all that you do, Dave (and tterrace)! Hello ColumbusFor the relatively short time in the early 1950s when I was stationed at Fort Benning, Phenix City was off-limits. Columbus, Ga., was bad enough for me. (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
Orange and Blue: 1943
... View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency taken by Jack Delano during his Santa Fe rail journey from Chicago to California. (The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 2:01pm -

March 1943. Sorting oranges at the co-op citrus packing plant in Redlands, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency taken by Jack Delano during his Santa Fe rail journey from Chicago to California. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Agriculture, Jack Delano)
Frosted Tracks: 1943
... along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size. Joliet Iron and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/08/2013 - 1:04pm -

March 1943. "Between Lockport and Joliet, Illinois, along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size. Joliet Iron and Steel WorksThe site is most likely the coke ovens of the Joliet Iron and Steel Works, which dates to the early 1870s. All operations at the plant ended in the early 1980s. It seems likely the ATSF would have supplied coal to the coke facility, and handled finished steel product in local interchange service and points west. My Location GuessThe location looked familiar to me; we spent a lot of time as teenagers talking to barge hands on the sanitary canal. I believe the bridge is a railroad track overpass for trains heading over the sanitary canal and Des Plaines River. This bridge carries trains over these tracks to the lift bridge right next to it. The lift bridge would raise to get out of the way of barge traffic. The view would be looking north and there are still three sets of rails. The bridge is about a mile south of the Lockport locks and easily visible on google maps or google earth. That curved trackin front, was to prevent a derailed train or car from colliding into the bridge abutment, only example I have seen of this. Coaling plantI've seen coaling plants that were designed and built to serve muliple tracks before, but never one like this. It appears to have been modified from a single-track design. Wonderful composition!You can tell it's the work of a seasoned professional photographer -- the composition of angles, light and shadow are quite wonderful. How I would love to be a professional riding a freight train with a medium-format camera. On the other hand, I can feel from the picture how cold this assignment must have been! (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Cupboard-Cornered: 1941
... FSA client. Vernon, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Frank W. Johnson Pretty sure this is him. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/12/2019 - 9:25pm -

August 1941. "One of the children of Ernest Johnson, FSA client. Vernon, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Frank W. JohnsonPretty sure this is him. August 3, 1929 - September 19, 2011 Born in Vernon, VT Resided in Vernon, http://www.atamaniuk.com/obituary/Frank-W.-Johnson-Sr./Vernon-VT/974495 Down the River RoadThe book is from 1938, so was relatively new at the time. https://www.etsy.com/listing/514405057/1938-down-the-river-road-antique?... Niches for DishesThat cabinet is identical to the ones my wife and I saw at Smith's Fort Plantation (https://preservationvirginia.org/historic-sites/smiths-fort-plantation/) circa 1761 (in the linked article, those are the arched cupboards with butterfly shelving that are mentioned). We saw them on Guy Fawkes day 2018, and they had cleaned up nicely back to their original splendor, but I imagine they looked about like this, or even worse, at the time this photo was taken. That style was, according to the guide, very important in early to late 18th century houses. Based on that, someone in Vernon Vermont may be able to identify the actual house (it would probably have been built during the 18th century, been a working farm house for a middle class farmer who could afford niceties, but didn't often use them). These cabinets were design to show off the fine China and porcelain pieces, while hiding the daily usage plates underneath. At the same time, they would be able to be secured, so that the fine dishes could be moved into the bottom and locked if the family would not be home. Took me a whileTo identify the 1941 model MagLite on the bottom shelf. Not a neatnikLooks as though Mrs. Johnson started at the top of this corner unit with a sincere intention to neatly display her knick knacks, but lost interest exponentially as she descended the shelves. The bottom shelf is a catch-all ... but I covet that old volume of Down The River Road. 35 cents and 5 Superman gum wrappersI'll bet this sweatshirt was very popular with young master Johnson as well as the envy of his friends. According to Irene E. Johnson in the 1940 CensusHis name is Frank. OutclassedThis obviously impecunious young fellow appears to reside in what was once a very tony home, to judge from the cabinetry. Full many a mansion ends its days chopped up into small apartments for those of little income. This photo may have been taken in what was once an impressive dining room. Ski BoyThat sweet little item on the top shelf is a Ski Boy tin litho windup toy made by Chein in the 1940s. Thought at first the key was missing but that might be it in the back. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids)
The Milkmobile: 1943
... Piloting a little Walker electric delivery van. Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Door to door service In Woodlyn, another ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/06/2014 - 8:55am -

June 1943. Bryn Mawr, Pa. Our second visit with Mrs. Helen Joyce, "one of the many women who now work for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Co." Piloting a little Walker electric delivery van. Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Door to door serviceIn Woodlyn, another Philadelphia suburb, my first house had the kitchen in the front of the house with a little door outside below the kitchen window and another door inside. One would open the door on the inside and put in the empty bottles and the milkman would put in the fresh milk and whatever else you had ordered. You had to be especially quick on summer days or the milk could spoil. The little passage was not especially energy efficient, but the home was built in a different time I vaguely remember in the early '60sthat my mother could actually order cottage cheese, cream, butter, chocolate milk and sour cream. Am I right? FirstlyNeed to try and see if that lovely house behind her is still there, and, secondly, hasn't the USPS investigated the use of modern versions of these vehicles in major urban areas? Such devices might be just the ticket. [The Postal Service is now it its third century of electric vehicle use. - Dave] Thought they might have, wasn't sure. Thanks My dairy could use some of theseWhen we moved out of the city in 1998, we were excited when we learned that our new community had a dairy that offered delivery, but we cancelled it after a few nights of their trucks loudly idling, roaring, and clanking outside house at 3 am, not to mention the huge spotlight trained on our bedroom window during the entire performance. Milk is still delivered!Theoeva, we live just outside Washington, DC, in an old neighborhood that's now a historic district, and weekly milk deliveries are still part of the scene. The farm, which serves about 8,000 homes a week in this area, offers many locally made or grown products, including gourmet cheeses, meat, and even homemade dog treats. The homemade chocolate milk was my favorite. We stopped using the service because we frankly couldn't consume the stuff fast enough. But the milk is provided in the old glass bottles in two different sizes. The firm provides an insulated metal bin that you put on the front porch in case you're away when it's delivery time. At one time, they used an old-timey milk delivery truck (gas, not electric) but I don't know if they still use it. Please rinse your emptiesYes, you could order all sorts of dairy products, as well as eggs, at least in Los Angeles you could. A fandeck of item cards was supplied, very similar to a paint sample deck -- you simply fanned out any items you wanted that day from the deck, and left it with your (rinsed, please!) empties at night. I miss the Helms trucks more. Best chocolate and glazed donuts ever made! The Philadelphia Main Line Never ChangesEntirely possible this very lady, in this exact truck, delivered milk to my house over in Haverford (the next postal district east on the Philadelphia Main Line) though that Haverford house would not become mine until 1968. Sealtest milk (and cottage cheese, butter, etc)still exist. Our street looked exactly like this too, even down to the hedge fences. I suspect, if you knew which Bryn Mawr street this was, it would look exactly the same today. Coming back soonThe first in electric mobility. Although the main concern with the milk floats may have been not to annoy the neighbourhood early in the morning with one of those noisy IC engines idling away down the road. Anyway, meet the 1943 Tesla. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano)
Character Study: 1940
... Anne, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. Twins? Easy enough to tell which ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/17/2018 - 11:19am -

May 1940. "Farm Security Administration client Roger Spence and two of his sons. Two miles out of Princess Anne, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. Twins?Easy enough to tell which two are his, though they must have taken after their mother. Top ThisNice variety of hats. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Kitchens etc.)
De Colores: 1941
... his house in Puerto Rico." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Jack ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/06/2019 - 11:36am -

December 1941 or January 1942. "Child of a Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation borrower in front of his house in Puerto Rico." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Jack Delano, Kids, Puerto Rico)
Tailgater: 1943
... and Fort Madison, Iowa." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Coordination? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/25/2015 - 9:35pm -

March 1943. "Chillicothe, Illinois. A helper engine is taken on for added power on a grade extending eight miles on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Chillicothe, Illinois, and Fort Madison, Iowa." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Coordination?I wonder how they coordinate power levels, or maybe the lead engine goes all out and the trailing one controls the speed. Must Be a Steel CabooseIn earlier times, a wooden caboose was placed behind the pusher. Leaving it between the loco and rest of the train could end badly for the tail end crew. Risky BusinessUse of helper engines was a common but dangerous practice prior to automated controls. My father, a long-time railroad special agent/claims agent, listed a couple of helper-caused wrecks as two of the worst he had to deal with. Helper Engine#3286 was one of 128 locomotives ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The locomotives were built between 1917 and 1920, and delivered in batches, with 3286 being the next to last delivered. The Santa Fe was a steady customer of Baldwin-built locomotives over the years. 3286 was a 2-8-2 Mikado Class engine. All of the 128 locomotives of this class were gone by 1955. Minor Refinement to LocationGreat photo! The location is where the Santa Fe (now BNSF) crosses the Rock Island (now IAIS). The train is starting on the climb up the 1% Edelstein Hill. As a child I spent a lot of time at this exact place watching freights & the Chiefs. (Born too late for stream.) The best visit was a late night Thanksgiving with a gentle snow & 2 caboose back to back with flickering oil lanterns. (Which surprised me since I always thought they were electric.) Considering the year & month, it is probable my grandfather was clerking at the station & my Dad was working on the bridge in the background over the Illinois River. Pusher manAfter the helper is coupled, there is a simple application/release air test.In preradio days, we'd hold off on the release until we were ready to go. When the air released, the helper would start shoving and the lead engine would start pulling. You'd be amazed how fast a long freight can get up to speed from a standing start with engines on both ends. The lead engine aways controls the speed. The helper's job is to push. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
La Farmacia: 1942
... In an apothecary store." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Really High I guess they put the opium up ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/28/2019 - 10:10am -

January 1942. "Lares, Puerto Rico. In an apothecary store." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Really HighI guess they put the opium up there so no one can get to it. Top ShelfOpium Select, please. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Medicine, Puerto Rico, Stores & Markets)
999 Bottles of Berries: 1941
... Greene County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 4C: County ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/11/2019 - 11:43am -

October 1941. "Canned goods made by Doc and Julia Miller, FSA client family with 1,000 jars of fruit, vegetables, etc. they have put up for the winter. Near White Plains, Greene County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 4C: County Canning Clubs ContestAnd the winner is ...? Wife Preserver: 1939 War Garden Girls: 1918 Farm-to-Table: 1939 Jars of Plenty: 1939 Pantry Pride: 1941. Did you know that the Georgia 4-H was founded in 1904 by G.C. Adams in Newton County, Georgia, United States, as the "Girls Canning, and Boys Corn Clubs"? Third of a jarWhen I saw this caption, I couldn't help doing math: --> 9 months until next season's vegetables (October to July) --> 9 x 30 days = 270 days --> 1000 jars / 270 days = 3.7 jars, or almost 4 jars a day That seemed like a lot, but then I saw her family of ten in the next photo. She may not have enough. Miller Family 1940 censusFrom youngest to oldest: Anderson, 1; Emma, 4; Lucy, 7; Johnnie, 11; Oliver and Selina, both 13; Weyman, 16; Cora, 18; William, 20. Parents Julia, 35, and Dock, 39. The census lists highest school year completed: Julia has the most, with three years of high school; then Cora, who finished the seventh grade. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Rural America)
Snow Belt Special: 1943
... out of the Chicago & North Western yard." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size. This would be the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/17/2015 - 9:39am -

January 1943. "Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago and Hammond, Indiana. The train pulls out of the Chicago & North Western yard." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size. This would bethe Proviso Yard of the C & NW, located about fourteen miles directly west of the Loop between Bellwood and Stone Park. When I was a kid I'd ride my three-speed Hercules north up Westchester Boulevard and Bellwood Avenue to where the latter dead-ended at the yard. Then I'd wander around within about the largest rail yard in the region watching mammoth freight trains being assembled. Only in retrospect do I realize how dangerous that was. The IHB's main line passed by a few blocks from my home, and I clearly remember steam engines of the Milwaukee Road, which had trackage rights on the IHB, chugging away pulling freight (usually northbound) amid heavy coal smoke with screeching whistles, in the early 1950s and maybe later. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Island Palms: 1941
... View full size. Medium format Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/11/2008 - 4:07am -

December 1941. "Palm trees along the road, vicinity of Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands." View full size. Medium format Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Landscapes, Travel & Vacation)
Turnip Salad: 1941
... school. Greene County, Georgia." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. My ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/13/2019 - 3:48pm -

June 1941. "Five-cent hot lunches at the Woodville public school. Greene County, Georgia." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. My favorite flowerI can't get over the creamy, dewy, fresh-picked gardenias adorning that table, with fern greenery no less. That's a decidedly elegant stroke. The meal looks tasty too, served on those lovely plates. No sectioned melamine trays for those kids. Thought I'd add: Thirty-eight years after this picture was taken, on a June day in 1979, I'd carry fresh-picked gardenias as a bride on my wedding day in nearby DeKalb County, Georgia, a few miles to the west. On china plates for a nickelServing up school lunches on Blue Willow china plates. I recognize those. Churchill China in England has been making that same pattern since 1818. I still use mine daily -- about 75 years old and still going strong. Out of plumbI’ve got a wonky double-hung window like that in my old house. No amount of forcing will let you raise the bottom sash, unless you simply lift one side of it slightly to make it plumb, then up it goes real easy. To close this school window, all you need to do is lift slightly on the right side, then guide the whole thing down, nice and smooth. Flowers for ScholarsI love how there are flowers on the table for the students -- even a nickel meal tastes better when it’s presented in style! School lunchesEvery day we got a meatball alongside a hill of mashed potatoes topped by rivulets of gravy, two slices of Wonder Bread and a pint of milk. Always finished the whole thing! 40 yrs later, 1981Looks like German table manners. What does a set table look like today in an American public school? Integration succeeded! Forty years later, ''ketchup is a vegetable" is coming up a lot in discussions of President Reagan's recent demise. Ok, Henry John Heinz was a son of German immigrants. I also like fast food, but rarely consume it. (The Gallery, Education, Schools, Jack Delano, Kitchens etc.)
Earth Mother: 1940
... of Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Much has ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/30/2019 - 1:27pm -

June 1940. "This woman and her daughter are helping their neighbors plant their tobacco field. The bonnet is homemade. On U.S. 15, about five miles northeast of Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Much has changedI live in Durham, and regularly drive this stretch of Route 15 (which is also Route 85). Today there's not much tobacco being grown, but lots of pine trees and lots of single-family homes. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Rural America)
Anticipation: 1940
... the 'pudd'n' is ready for Thanksgiving dinner." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Ledyard ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 11:38pm -

November 28, 1940. Ledyard, Connecticut. "Family of T.L. Crouch. One of the Crouch children looking to see if the 'pudd'n' is ready for Thanksgiving dinner." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. LedyardI have a cousin who lives there but it is also the home of the famous Foxwoods Casino and is not far from Uncasville, Ct., which is the home of the Mohecan Sun Casino. The floor in this picture needs lots of repair work, the pot handles are great, I'm guessing the stove is pale green and cream and the wallpaper is most likely red designs with black accents on a cream background, I seem to remember these color combos somewhere in the back roads of my mind. I was living in southern Ct. when this picture was taken but I was not allowed to touch anything on the stove. Anywhere in New England is a great place to experience Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for this best ever website, it never fails to stir up memories that I thought were long gone. Hope ya'all have a fine family feast and love aplenty. I'm grateful for all you do for total strangers just to enrich our lives. Sincere thanks. Thanks also to ......, besides Dave and Ken, to all the amazing talent Shorpy has attracted: stanton_square, Joe Manning, timeandagainphoto, and all those other users who know everything about everything and share their knowledge and experiences here. [We also thank tterrace. No, we *especially* thank tterrace. On those weekends when the cupboard is bare, or think the cupboard is bare, then click on "Content" and, big ol' whew, see another example from his seemingly endless trove (it is endless, without limit, infinite and inexhaustible, right?) of phabulous photos. Oh, and Tony W. Can't forget him. I could go on, but pie awaits. - Dave] Re: Thanks also toDitto and of course to tterrace, whose weekend gifts on Shorpy are a real treat. O ya!Another satisfied Tterrace customer weighing in. I have a full mailbox everyday and Shorpy is the piece I open first--start my day out right. I'm thankful for all of you. I have lots of old photos but none of a quality good enough to submit, and certainly not the fabulous staging of Tterrace. MemoriesThis reminds me of some of the earliest memories I have. When I was 4, my mom was ill with scarlet fever and I was (literally) farmed out to the tenants on the farm my mother bought but we never lived at (I am going to post a photo of the farm, now that it is fresh in my mind). The Dutch family's (the Doktors) suppers were cooked on this same sort of stove and in the same sort of kitchen. More memorable than the meals were the endless graces said by the father. Dinner was served blistering hot and was "just right" by the time Grace ended. Most Thankfull!I can't tell you how much I've learned about countless things from the comments on this site. I guess you might say we have an active database! Thanks tterrace and those who have submitted the happy history that many of us have witnessed in our lifetime. It brings warm memories and will be what the future Shorpy visitors will try to sort out as we do with the LOC photos. Pots and pans and kettles oh! my!Love the look of anticipation on the boy's face! But what struck me even more is that my grandmother had the exact same heavy steel pot set! I still have the kettle and the low frying pan from that set and my sister has the pots and high frying pan. Quality that was built to last! Love This!This little boy is my uncle, and he stills lives just a couple of miles from where the picture was taken. I spoke to him the other day, and he has very clear memories of this day. My mother, who using some of the other pictures taken that day, also remembers. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Thanksgiving)
Farm Fresh: 1940
... Creek, Pennsylvania." Sister of this girl . Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Possibly Anna P. Reitz, Age 16 at the time ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/25/2013 - 1:42pm -

August 1940. "One of the Reitz children on the family farm near Falls Creek, Pennsylvania." Sister of this girl. Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Possibly Anna P. Reitz, Age 16 at the time of the 1940 U.S. Census. Daughter of Ralph (54) and Myrtle Reitz (50), with siblings William (14), Lord (12), Charles (10) and Mary (8). (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
Santa Fe Cathedral: 1943
... of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Cathedral of Industry Hard to believe that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/11/2014 - 9:22am -

March 1943. "Fort Madison, Iowa. Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Cathedral of IndustryHard to believe that there have been no comments about this magical space from the train aficionados in Shorpy Land. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Fiber to Fabric: 1941
... Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I think ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/28/2019 - 3:47pm -

January 1941. "A large textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I think this is it. There are quite a few buildings in the town that look similar, but this one matches. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Factories, Jack Delano)
Remain Calm: 1943
... of a gas casualty." Medium format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Waiting to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 1:47pm -

July 1943. "Greenville, South Carolina. Men of the medical unit of the 25th Service Group simulating the treatment of a gas casualty." Medium format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Waiting to InhaleI noticed the USMC belt buckle and the web belt tab just past the first belt loop. A Google search for "25th Service Group" finds "The 25th Marines was activated on 1 May 1943, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was initially manned by Marines from throughout the Northeast. The regiment was subsequently assigned to the 4th Marine Division for service in World War II." (The Gallery, Bizarre, Jack Delano, WW2)
Arecibo: 1942
... waiting for loads and passengers." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Woodies Can't remember ever seeing 10 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/05/2019 - 2:58pm -

January 1942. "Arecibo, Puerto Rico. A row of station wagons or 'publicos' waiting for loads and passengers." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. WoodiesCan't remember ever seeing 10 woodies in one picture. WOW! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Puerto Rico)
Stewardessless: 1941
... Washington, D.C." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. High Waisted Man, the cummerbunds on the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/25/2019 - 7:06pm -

July 1941. "One of the airlines uses stewards, the other two use hostesses. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. High WaistedMan, the cummerbunds on the outboard stewards are so high up they could double as brassieres. (And before anybody word-checks me: yes I've also been calling it "cumberbund" all my life but Lord Google has assured me this is "common but incorrect". ) Watch Your HeadIt may just be the picture (or the pants), but these guys look like they're all on the shorter side. My guess is that anyone my height, 6'4", would simply have been too tall to work easily in the airliners of that era. I imagine the height requirements would have been less of an issue with the stewardesses. Sartorial subletyHigh-waisted trousers are properly worn with mess jackets to avoid unsightly displays of shirt between trouser top and jacket bottom. At least one of these cummerbunds appears to be tangent to the waist of the trousers (chap on the right). They would more properly be overlapped several inches over the top of the trousers, thus avoiding the brassiere appearance cited. That, at any rate, was comme il faut with the Army's blue and white mess uniforms. The dude in the middle has it about right. LightweightAh, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler. - W.C.Fields Short and tight.As a six footer plus, I will not demean their stature. But gimme a break, can't they get jackets big enough to go around them? Dime store chains look so tacky! But hey, this was a long time ago... no accounting for corporate taste! I can imagine a short door to the hiring hall with a sign saying, if you have to duck, don't apply here. Speaking of which, can anyone say what ariline this was? I'd be taking one of the others if I had a choice. (The Gallery, Aviation, D.C., Jack Delano)
Mama's Kitchen: 1941
... over from the winter. Carroll County, Georgia." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Knots She should reverse the handedness for ... 
 
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April 1941. "Mrs. Lemuel Smith still has some canned goods left over from the winter. Carroll County, Georgia." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size. KnotsShe should reverse the handedness for the first knot in the shoelaces to get the bows horizontal. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Kitchens etc., Rural America)
A Tall One: 1940
... Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. No women, by law If there had been a woman ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/12/2019 - 6:41pm -

November 1940. "The bar in 'Art's Sportsmen's Tavern,' Colchester, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. No women, by lawIf there had been a woman among these three (and the tavern served her a beer or hard cider), it would have violated state law. After the end of Prohibition, the Connecticut Legislature made it illegal to serve a woman alcohol if they were standing or sitting at a bar, or at a table within three feet of a bar. Fear of "B-girls" kept the law in place for decades, with the support of the state's largest newspaper. Amazingly, that law was in place until 1969, when it was modified to allow alcohol to be served to a woman sitting (but not standing) at a bar. Three years later (in 1972), women were finally given a right to stand at a bar in Connecticut and drink. https://ctstatelibrary.org/the-long-road-to-barroom-equality/ PhilcoLooks like a Philco Model 84 cathedral radio, c.1934. Herr Schicklgruber?It's somewhat surprising to see the narrow "brush" style mustache (worn by the gent on the right) appearing as late as 1940. If the deadly machinations of a certain malevolent ex-corporal overrunning Europe at the time hadn't cast the that type of mustache into extreme disfavor in the U.S. by 1940, then the job would certainly have been accomplished by late the following year. The giant Schlitz bottle says ..."The drinking of alcoholic liquors other than beer is not allowed." Terminology TroubleRegarding the posted notice that refers to Chapter 151, Cumulative Supplement of 1939, I am curious to know how Chapter 151 actually read, since beer and cider are not liquors. A liquor, by definition, is a product of a distillation process. I surmise that the notice on the wall simply bears an unfortunate misuse of English, which happens to be the best of us from time to time -- especially when alcohol is involved. [The legal definition of "alcoholic liquor" was any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol by volume. - Dave] (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
40th Street Shops: 1942
... shops, Chicago, Illinois." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. 40th Street ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/31/2018 - 12:41pm -

December 1942. "Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the Chicago & North Western R.R. 40th Street shops, Chicago, Illinois." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. 40th Street ain't what it used to beChicagoans will immediately think the shops were located at 4000 south on the grid. Nope, surprise! The 40th Street shops were 4000 west, at present day Pulaski. Here's a 1915 map and also the current Google aerial view. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Text Messenger: 1941
... Washington, D.C., municipal airport." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That Look ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/17/2019 - 10:59pm -

July 1941. "A Western Union girl. Washington, D.C., municipal airport." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That LookSays it all! (The Gallery, D.C., Jack Delano, Pretty Girls)
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