Dr. X's Free Associations

Vintage Saloons

Children playing in front of saloon, Gemmel, Minnesota. Photo by Russell Lee, 1937

More saloons below the fold.

Vintage Memorial Day: 1943

Memorial Day Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Esther Bubley, OWI.

Boy scout color bearer listening to the Memorial Day ceremony.

Vintage Photos: 1943

Sun bathers on the sand beach at the swimming pool in the Glen Echo Amusement Park. (Esther Bubley, Glen Echo, Maryland).

Vintage Corporal: 1943

"A soldier sleeping on the way from Cincinnati, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky on a Greyhound bus." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information.

The AA on the patch stands for anti-aircraft.

Vintage Photos: 1943

Cincinnati, Ohio. A maid in the women's restroom at the Greyhound bus termina. Photo by Esther Bubley, OWI.

Vintage Photos: 1943

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Woman taking a picture of the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Photo by Esther Bubley.

Vintage Photos: 1935

Keeper of a mission flophouse, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Ben Shahn

Vintage Photos: 1938

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, Ohio (photo by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration) (left click images to enlarge.)

Story and more Thaxton family photos below the fold.

Vintage Mob: 1958

Lucky Luciano partner and mobster-accountant, Meyer Lansky, leaving a New York court, February 12, 1958.

At one time Lansky was considered one of the most powerful men in America. Some say his power and wealth were greatly exaggerated, others believe that was exactly what Lansky wanted everyone to believe.

Vintage Photos: 1937

Mother and daughter in saloon-restaurant, Gemmel, Minnesota. The mother is the proprietor. Photo by Russell Lee.