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15 Fascinating Photos That Show Everyday Life in 1941

The Main Concourse of New York’s Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, in October of 1941.

grand-central

 

A British couple sleeps inside a “Morrison shelter” used as protection from collapsing homes during the WWII ‘Blitz’ bombing raids. March 1941

morrison-shelter

 

Teenage Meet-Up on Main Street, Caldwell Idaho, June-July 1941.

teenage-meetup

 

Street scene in Cascade, Idaho. June 1941.

cascade-idaho

 

Family and their home in Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia, 1941

putnam

 

Inside a tavern, South Side Chicago. April 1941.

tavern

 

Couple drinking beer at inner tube floating party on the Apple River, Somerset, Wisconsin, 1941

inner-tube

 

Street in the mill district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 1941.

mill-district

 

Dairy farmer near Rutland, Vermont, and children gathering hay.

dairy-farmer

 

Lowell, Massachusetts – 1941

lowell

 

Children of construction workers in trailer camp. Portsmouth, Virginia. Photo by John Vachon. March 1941.

trailer-camp

 

Photograph of Hazel Petrey preparing for her wedding to Gilbert Dove in Bell County, Kentucky. She wears her veil and stands in front of a mirror with her little brother and sister, 1941

hazel

 

New York City subway, 1941

subway

 

Twenty mule team drawn combine

mule-team

 

Bowling Alley on Southside of Chicago, Illinois 1941

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