Showing posts tagged 1942
Imagine, a room just for reading
The Reading Room, Public Library of New South Wales, 1942, by Sam Hood (State Library of New South Wales collection)

Imagine, a room just for reading

The Reading Room, Public Library of New South Wales, 1942, by Sam Hood (State Library of New South Wales collection)

They’re still hanging there

20thcenturypix:

equmru:

Nighthawks (1942), Edward Hopper

(Source: oddhappenings)

(Reblogged from 20thcenturypix)

Ironically, not a Rosie in the bunch

hilaryrakestraw:

Women workers groom lines of transparent noses for the A-20J attack bombers at Douglas Aircraft’s in Long Beach, California, in October of 1942. (AP Photo/Office of War Information, via In Focus)

(Reblogged from hilaryrakestraw)

Navy fighters during the attack on the Japanese fleet off Midway, June 4-6, 1942.

In the center of the picture, a burning Japanese fleet is visible.  

(Reblogged from todaysdocument)
(Reblogged from kateoplis)