A cowgirl in Texas, 1939, drops a nickel into a parking meter to hitch her pony. When this photo was taken El Paso, Texas, was still a highly horse-conscious town, with many cattle-ranch residents.
Photographer-Luis Madden for National Geographic
I have never seen that kind of size tag paired with that production sticker before.
Stetson 3X beaver homburg in dark brown. Size 7 (56) with the brim at 6cm and the crown 11cm at the center dent. Usually these brown homburgs have a lighter brown colour and I have several of those. I really...
The Office of Price Administration was established in 1942 for the purpose of setting price ceilings on most commodities in order to prevent wartime inflation. Shown here is what could be bought for $1.34 in 1918 and 1945 thanks to the OPA. The agency was abolished in 1947.
Construction workers from Monroe, Louisiana. Sitting on car in front of their shacks before leaving for evening shift. Camp Livingston, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1940.
Front Row: Dewey Martin, Johnny Crawford, Chuck Connors, Glen Ford, Alan Hale Jr., Henry Darrow, Larry Storch, Neville Brand.
2nd Row: Denver Pyle, Iron Eyes Cody, Harry Lauter, Jeanette Nolan, Linda Cristal, John Ireland, Mark Slade, Joe Bowman, Fred Putnam. 3rd Row: Pat Buttram, Milburn Stone...
Of all the Weenie joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine
Humphrey Bogart double fisting hotdogs at Santa Anita Park racetrack, 1945. Bogey has been quoted as saying, “A hotdog at the park is better than roast beef at the Ritz.”
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