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- I Thought
- No. 7 v. No. 13
- Don't forget where we parked the car, Hon
- 80 years later —
- Double Cola Clocks
- Um, er
- Sold American
- Luckies 2 to 1
- Coke-lectable
- Pads of Tobacco
- Times long gone in Durham
- Mascots
- Let the games begin.
- Jocks and Bobby Socks
- A Streetcar Named Diner
- The Armory Building
- Banged Up
- Alas, Alas
- Rug or rag?
- Creepy Nun
- Pictures I love
- Classic Coke
- Scared Me
- I'll be buried in 'em
- The lost art of conversation
- Tough classes in college
- Can it be?
- Hope they quit that terrible addiction of smoking
- Most of the guys I knew
- Walking Wounded
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Vintage photos of:
WW2
World War 2 photos documenting life on the home front, including defense plants manufacturing aircraft and armaments, and the railroads and trains that moved them to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Many large-format Kodachromes by Jack Delano and other photographers on assignment for the Office of War Information, as well as photos by Ansel Adams documenting Japanese-American internment camps along the West Coast.
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Can't You See I'm Busy?
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The Wings of War: 1942
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Basic Training: 1943
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High & Tight: 1941
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Camo Class: 1943
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Trucks in a Row: 1940
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Gonna Fly Now: 1941
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War Store: 1941
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Call of Duty: 1941
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Doomsday Weld: 1943
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Air Power: 1942
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The Junkman Cometh: 1942
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Remain Calm: 1943
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American Pickers: 1943
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Home Again: 1945
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Girls on Wheels: 1943
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True Blue: 1943
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Known But to God: 1943
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American Iron: 1942
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Power of Tower: 1942
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The Wood Bomber: 1942
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Keep Calm & Carry On: 1940
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Eagle-Picher: 1943
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Birthing a Boeing: 1942
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The Correct Salute: 1943
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Iron Maidens: 1942
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