Associated Press
So went the LIFE caption, as news of the Japanese surrender spread across New York on August 14, 1945.
Finally an end to the war.
Knee-Deep In Ticker Tape
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Your Move
James Helme 1860s (PhotoHistorica)
I Just Want To Bang On The Drum All Day
Check out these squirts, circa WWII, conducting a “lively aluminum salvage campaign” out of pots from their neighbors on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A grumpy bearded gramps doesn’t seem nearly as thrilled about the pursuit as the youth, but I think that’s just the face old folks make.
Chuck Wagon
UT Austin 1937
Whilst Men Were Overseas
LIFE: 8/9/43
In 1941, only 1% of aviation employees were women.
Two years later, they made up 65% of the industry.
Day’s End
Tower Survey
1937 Cactus, Fred Hunt literally verbs his last name for an elusive benchmark.
