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- The most dangerous fire escape I've ever seen
- Out of Place
- Sir Bedevere
- Witch way to the fire?
- Proud to be an old Coot
- That old scale
- Bowled Over
- Cat years?
- 'Why' Wyoming?
- His Master's Voice
- What! No dish under the skewer?
- Only in Hollywood?
- What's Up Doc?
- Destination?
- I'm pretty sure this was a voluntary program
- When I see chicken wire rabbit cages I think of three things
- The War Ears
- Eating the bunnies? Really?
- A love affair with a machine
- Hasenpfeffer
- Back support
- Hot type!
- Can you smell ... the news?
- Looking across the street and Flong
- Memories of my elderly hoarder neighbor
- Linotype in the Twilight Zone
- By Memory?
- Quiet place
- Line Of Type
- And no hearing protection
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King Cobra vs. Wee Willie: 1943
March 1943. "San Bernardino, California. Women workers employed at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops coming out at the end of the day's shift." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Friday Night At The Wrassling Arena.
DEI in 1943
It’s a little hard to tell in monochrome, but it looks like these women might be (reading left to right) white, Hispanic, Asian, and Black. The AT&SF seems to have been decades ahead of its time.
Wee Willie
William Davis was 6'5" and 290 pounds. He also moonlighted as an engineer and movie actor.
I think I'll park here
Sign? What sign? I didn't see any sign.
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