Grand Gifts For Smokers
Category: History
Basking In The Natural Light
1908 by Emma Barton
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
left to right: her son Aubrey, herself, daughters Marjorie and Hilda, son Cecil, and daughter Dorothy
Knee-Deep In Ticker Tape
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.
Your Move
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
Whilst Men Were Overseas
In 1941, only 1% of aviation employees were women.
Two years later, they made up 65% of the industry.
Tower Survey
Warmth Of The Hearth
Space To Skate
Art Supplies Of 1929
When You’re SERIOUS About Christmas Cards
Actually, this woman was a draft service worker during WWII. Men 18-65 and were required to register and keep the card on them at all times. Men age 18-45 were subject to military service. From 1940 until 1947 – when the wartime selective service act expired – over 10,000,000 men were inducted.
This cartoon in the Saturday Evening Post depicted a draft board scraping the bottom of the barrel.
I Don't Get It 