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March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A street scene." Billiards, Bickford's and the Coney Island Cafe. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
You have to feel a bit sorry for the window washer. He had a chance to be immortalized for posterity in a photo, but it didn't quite work out.
Alpha Photo Engraving apparently made Orioles baseball cards. I think this might be the site in the picture, although there's no third floor on the left building.
Well, pal, you better pay up, see. Wouldn't want to have to put any of these here trash barrels to another use.
Tony R, aka "the bender" (3 piece suit, cigar and fedora) in charge of the local loan sharking racket, is shaking down one of his regulars who owes him $50 +50% interest, but lost it Saturday on what his booky swore was a "sure thing." Meanwhile, the two undercover G-men immediately to the right are noting everything.
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