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Laura PourMeADrink

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Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:29 PM

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Amazing, POWERFUL pics [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 OP

The first Ronald McDonald is Willard Scott, former NBC weatherman. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #1

It's the scariest picture in the bunch BainsBane Mar 2014 #5

Ha... cup on the nose? what I noticed was how big the fries are. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #6

What an amazing collection of pictures. Mojo Electro Mar 2014 #85

Well, thank you, but I'm not the OP. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #86

Cool, thanks for posting. FSogol Mar 2014 #2

Haha. It reminded me of Catholic school - Our skirts couldn't be more than Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #10

Ours had to touch the ground when the nuns made us kneel. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2014 #22

mine was Catholic girls Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #35

That was our measurement as well MuseRider Mar 2014 #77

TWELVE inches!!! I went to public school and our limit was THREE inches. More than that and we 1monster Mar 2014 #54

That Kellerman woman is built like a brick something-or-other. malthaussen Mar 2014 #50

WAY cool. nt flying rabbit Mar 2014 #3

The Vietnam War guy looks like someone I knew... kentuck Mar 2014 #4

Really...wow..that would be so cool if we could actually ID the pic. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #8

Here's an article about the photo: Brickbat Mar 2014 #16

wow..how'd you find that? I'm a google fanatic. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #18

"war is hell" helmet life photo Brickbat Mar 2014 #20

Amazing, sad, funny janlyn Mar 2014 #7

Yes, the hotel pic shocked me. It is horrific. They are all compelling Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #9

That was the Monson Motor Lodge during Martin Luther King's visit in 1964. The 1monster Mar 2014 #57

The pool picture and the sale of the children.. ananda Mar 2014 #26

Changing which side of the road you drive on took great political courage. Loudly Mar 2014 #11

never even thought about it...but you are right. Can't imagine getting Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #12

To conform to adjacent countries and in recognition of the kind of cars they drove. Loudly Mar 2014 #19

Hmmm Submariner Mar 2014 #61

Alcatraz closes in 1963, yet... liberalmuse Mar 2014 #13

well put Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #14

Thanks! Great thread! #9 is a hottie! rppper Mar 2014 #15

Thankful for people like her before me ! One of the most disturbing ones is that lady Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #17

That was something else! Where was that taken? rppper Mar 2014 #21

That sort of poverty was 2naSalit Mar 2014 #23

Those Children for Sale packman Mar 2014 #24

I was hoping it wasn't real. That sign Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #34

We can't go back, but we can remember and apply that to the future JHB Mar 2014 #39

About that sign- packman Mar 2014 #42

That mother Stargazer09 Mar 2014 #55

Who knows what provoked it? Warpy Mar 2014 #31

Orphanages don't "buy" children packman Mar 2014 #43

Sorry, all I saw posted was the story Warpy Mar 2014 #63

I thought so also!! n-t Logical Mar 2014 #60

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Pretty horrible etherealtruth Mar 2014 #68

If they had welfare in those days this wouldn't have happened. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #82

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K&R ReRe Mar 2014 #27

Recommend to the moon! Thank you so much! Great pix! nt babylonsister Mar 2014 #28

Loved these pictures! Amazing. madfloridian Mar 2014 #29

Orphan Trains Quiet_Dem_Mom Mar 2014 #30

A lot of those children weren't homeless, though. polly7 Mar 2014 #36

Powerful picture nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #32

An unofficial rule came up in the following years Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #65

My heart leapt into my throat on this one Number23 Mar 2014 #33

Yes, that was disturbing NewJeffCT Mar 2014 #69

I almost hate to ask but do you know if there were any injuries from the cages? Number23 Mar 2014 #70

No idea NewJeffCT Mar 2014 #73

There are so many comments I could make Bettie Mar 2014 #37

for sure ! they certainly look more like guys posing after a bar room brawl than Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #46

Absolutely stunning photos. nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #38

Kick! CrispyQ Mar 2014 #40

K & R L0oniX Mar 2014 #41

They screwed up the numbering starting with #22. You can see that when you download them. randome Mar 2014 #44

have to confess...I left out Elvis in the army. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #45

Even with that, they screwed up the numbering at the site itself. randome Mar 2014 #48

Not sure about some of those captions... malthaussen Mar 2014 #47

A woman ahead of her time? randome Mar 2014 #49

May not be...but according to this...the fear of war was great at that time Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #51

air raid shelters Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #52

Maybe she was just 'playing' mom while Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #66

great curating. arresting, funny, shocking tragic, puzzling, absorbing cali Mar 2014 #53

I too loved the Charlie Chaplin photo! janlyn Mar 2014 #59

he really would fit in perfectly today with that hairstyle. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #84

K&R drm604 Mar 2014 #56

Incredible Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #58

The Candy Bomber...about 1948 and the Berlin Wall. This is a heartwarming, one hanky, libdem4life Mar 2014 #62

I think I know the guy who bought #39 thecrow Mar 2014 #64

very very funny Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #71

Great photos, thanks! passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #67

glad they kept u Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2014 #72

Amazing to say the least.....thank you bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #74

That was a nasty snowball fight NewJeffCT Mar 2014 #75

My word shenmue Mar 2014 #76

Putting children in a cage & hanging them out the window? Sounds like something my folks loudsue Mar 2014 #78

Sorry for your childhood then! randome Mar 2014 #80

Thanks, randome. loudsue Mar 2014 #81

GREAT pics. Thanks. :-) RBInMaine Mar 2014 #79