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September 1942. “New York, New York. Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated railway at East 89th Street about 8:45 a.m.” Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

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Featuring Oldsmobile’s New Double-Duty Bumper by Paul Malon Via Flickr: 1942.

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Arthur Siegel: People waiting for a five o’clock bus, Detroit, 1942

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Last for awhile… delivery new 1942 Dodge Mopar Monday

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Young suburban couple riding bicycles to formal dance, 1942

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Meat and greet at the meat counter, 1942.  Gladys always has to wear her mink stole to the A&P. 

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In 1942.

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Back In Black Vol. 22 - 1929 Ford Roadster.

A hot rod built to pre-war standards using no parts newer than 1937, with all hardware either original Ford or period-correct NOS, including nuts, bolts, and clamps!

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Zoot Suit, 1940–1942, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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(via Bell System: 1942 | Shorpy)

July 1942. “Oakridge, Oregon. Population 520. Town telephone switchboard.” Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

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Street corner, Dillon, Montana in August 1942. Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

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August 1942. "Big Hole Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana. Buildings on the main street of Wisdom, Montana, trading center for the Big Hole Valley. This is cattle country."

Photo by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

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Farm Security Administration: the Photographers

“Untitled photo, possibly related to: Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer,” circa 1942.

I posted a photo from this sitting with Mr. Lee some time ago, but he’s actually smiling in this one; it’s rather better I think.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection

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Wartime: sailors coming up to the Penn Station concourse from the train tracks and a billboard promoting U.S. bonds, 1942.

Photo: Marjory Collins via LoC

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“No more radios! Remember–there aren’t going to be any more radios built until after the war. So take good care of the one you have.” (1942)

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Hemingway’s Hunt for U-Boats

During World War II, German submarines were a big problem in the Caribbean, with scores of American and Latin American merchant ships bound for Europe being sunk.  To help counter the threat, the US Navy and the Cuban Government created the “Hooligan Navy”, a fleet of civilian boats equipped with direction finding equipment and long range radio gear, which were to radio in if they spotted a German U-Boat. Between 1942 and 1943, the famous writer Ernest Hemingway took part in the Hooligan Navy with his 38 foot fishing boat the Pilar. However, Hemingway took his duty one step further.  Equipping the boat with Thompson submachine guns and crates of hand grenades, Hemingway intended to take the fight to the enemy. 

Hemingway reasoned that his small boat would go unnoticed, thus he could sneak up on a U-Boat, throw grenades down the hatches, then him and his buddies could storm the submarines with their machines.  He also believed that at some point a U-Boat crew might attempt to board him, at which point he could unleash his surprise.

Hemingway never spotted any submarines, nor then a U-Boat ever attempt to board his fishing boat.  In the end, Hemingway’s U-Boat patrols amounted to northing but fishing and drinking cruises with his friends and quality time with his son.  At one point, he began to use the grenades for fishing rather than fighting Germans.  Some claim that Hemingway did it for extra fuel rations, others that he doing it to avoid drunk driving charges by the Cuban government. In 1943 the Hooligan Navy was de-activated as the U-Boat threat had mostly been mitigated. Hemingway later became a war journalist, being present at the Normandy Invasions and liberation of Paris.