Vintage shots from days gone by!

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It’s the dermatologist returning your call.

 

Ron, you are on some kinda tear here with your last dozen-or-so posts, bro! Every time I wipe my eyes from laughing, you post some new wild thing (er, uh, oh never mind!).

 

54920 to 54922 appear to be aftermath of the Hurricane of 1938 So powerfull that salt water was found more than 50 miles inland from the coast and I'm told small salt water critters were found that far inland. My grand parents used to tell of finding salt water fish ( fingerlings)in their yard in Worcester Mass. after it hit only a few but they did find some.

 

Ava Gardner. Portrait by Virgil Apger.

 

The nighty A&W is located in Minnesota.

 

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....and now back to the vintage photos.

Innerwing Inspectors: 1942

October 1942. Douglas Aircraft Co. at Long Beach, California. "Carefully trained women inspectors check cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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Annette, Aluminum and You: 1942

Long Beach, California. October 1942. "Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.

 

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Union Station: 1943

Washington, 1943. A study in contrasts at Union Station. 4x5 Kodachrome transparencies, photographer unknown. Office of War Information.

 

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Santa Fe Diesel: 1943

March 1943. Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 5,400-horsepower diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse at Argentine, Kansas. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

 

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In the Shop: 1942

Chicago & North Western railroad locomotive shops at Chicago. December 1942. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

 

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Fort Knox: 1942

June 1942. M-3 tank in action at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.

 

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Late in the Day: 1942

Street scene in Washington, D.C., winter of 1941-42. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Louise Rosskam, probably taken near the N and Union intersection of her other shots. Clues are the Chung Wah laundry at 1264, the J. Marucci barbershop and the A. Peterman clothing store.

 

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Amarillo: 1943

General view of Amarillo, Texas, taken by Jack Delano on his trip via the Santa Fe rails from Chicago to California in March 1943. The street running left to right is SW 11th Avenue, crossing South Tyler Street. The building with the red tile roof is First Presbyterian Church at 1100 South Harrison.
4x5 Kodachrome transparency - Office of War Information.

 

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Amarillo, Texas: 1943

View of Amarillo, Texas, taken on Santa Fe R.R. trip in March 1943. South Tyler at SW 10th Avenue. Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

 

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Super Chief, Albuquerque: 1943

March 1943. "Santa Fe streamliner Super Chief being serviced at the depot in Albuquerque. Servicing these Diesel streamliners takes five minutes." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the OWI.

 

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Marcella Hart: 1943

April 1943. Clinton, Iowa. "Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse. Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

 

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The Girl in the Bubble: 1942

Bombardier nose section of a B-17F Navy bomber at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, Calif. October 1942. The B-17F "Flying Fortress" is a later model of the B-17. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

man, that Kodachrome is da shizzle!!