Hi Gang,
These are pictures of newsstands, etc. that transpired at an important moment in history.
You will see what I mean as you see them.
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#1 - 1938-depression
After a few years of better financial numbers the USA went into a recession in 1938 which pushed unemployment rates to rise back to 19%. Scenes like this, common since the start of the depression continued.
http://brooklynpix.com/photoframex1.php?photo=/photo2/nyny131.jpg&key=NYNY%20131
You can see pictures of NYC in the 30s and 40s at this link:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/original-gotham-city-new-york-city-30s-40s-gallery-1.1114145?pmSlide=1.1114141
And pictures of 'Hoovervilles' during the Depression at this link:
https://www.vintag.es/2017/04/hoovervilles-in-1930s-amazing-vintage.html
#2 - 1939-Canada-war declared
At a Montreal newsstand 1939, when WW2 was declared. Unlike the first WW, when Canada was automatically entered the war with Britain's declaration, the government of Canada issued its own independent declaration shortly after the British one.
Found on Collections Canada page here:
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/028011-1035-e.html
#3 - 1940-London Blitz by George Rodger
News vendor during the Blitz, Victoria Station, 1940,
Photo by George Rodger.
Starting on the afternoon of September 7, 1940, German planes would bomb London in an attempt to demoralize the population and force the British to come to terms.
You can read more about the Blitz at this link:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitz.htm
A bio on the photographer and more photos can be found here:
https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/george-rodger/
And more of his blitz pics can be found on:
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/george-rodger-the-blitz/
George Rodger obit is here:
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/26/obituaries/george-rodger-is-dead-at-87-a-pioneering-photojournalist.html
#4 - 1941.12.08-War Declared in the USA
Two men read the Daily Mirror newspaper with headlines announcing that Japan has declared war. They stand at a newspaper stand lit by an oil lamp in New York, New York, U.S.A., December 8, 1941.
(Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/613470526
Some colourizations - always fun!
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1941.12.08-Corner_stand-John_Collier.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1941.12.08-Corner_stand-colourized.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1942.06.26-Rommel-Russell_Lee_b-w.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1942.06.22-Rommel-Russell_Lee-colour.jpg)
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#5 - 1941.12.08-Corner stand-John Collier
Collier, John, Jr, photographer. Corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, Monday morning, December 8, after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. San Francisco, California. California San Francisco San Francisco County United States, 1941. Dec. Photograph.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017821652/
Actually it's Sutter and Kearny Sts.
The third newspaper on the left side, folded, is the PEOPLE'S WORLD, a daily West Coast publication of the Communist Party. It's top story reads, "Text of the President's War Message to Congress."
One of other papers on the rack is the Call Bulletin.
#6 - 1941.12.08-Corner stand-John Collier colourized
Colourized by Sanna Dullaway
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#7 - 1942.06.26-Rommel-Russell Lee b&w
Lee, Russell, photographer. Yreka, California. Magazine stand. California Siskiyou County United States Yreka, 1942. July. Photograph.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017818948/.
Top left -
Life Magazine, June 22, 1942
http://www.oldlifemagazines.com/june-22-1942-life-magazine.html
Collier's Weekly, June 27, 1942
http://www.unz.org/Pub/Colliers-1942jun27
Liberty Magazine, May 30, 1942
#8 - 1942.06.22-Rommel-Russell Lee colourized
Colourized by JUST ADD COLOR and shared on Shorpy here:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/19199#comments
Paper drives - the end of many a golden-age comic
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#9 - 1942.05-paper drive Fenno Jacobs
May 1942. Southington, Connecticut. "Boys collecting paper and metal for scrap drive."
Photo by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017865336/.
#10 - 1942.05-paper drive Marjory Collins
May 1942. Washington, D.C. "Victory Program salvage drive. Schoolboy volunteers to go from house to home collecting scrap paper."
By Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/15347
The nice porch is 1810 Ingleside Terrace NW in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Washington, DC.
#11 - 1942.10-paper drive Valentino Sarra
October 1942. United States Office Of War Information, Sarra, Valentino, photographer. Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collecting as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis. Roanoke United States Virginia.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017694010/
#12 - 1943.04-paper drive finish John Vachon
The end of the line. :'(
Vachon, John, photographer. Southland Paper mill, Kraft chemical pulp used in making newsprint, Lufkin, Texas. Lufkin Texas United States, 1943. April. Photograph.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878827/
I hope you enjoyed these. A second batch will be coming in the future.
-Yoc