The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Downhill Slider, 1944: The Lighthouse
from Shorpy Old Photo Site.
MAY 27, 2017, DOWNHILL SLIDER: 1944 <arch 1944. "Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East 59th Street, New York.' Richard Boyer, OWI. The photo shows just one young girl of a slide wearing dark glasses.
The Lighthouse Guild: Vision and Hearing is still in existence serving the visually impaired. The Lighthouse Guild was formed in 2013 and had begun in 1905 by sisters Winifred and Edith Holt who founded the Lighthouse which became a pioneer in the field of vision rehabilitation.
They also had a summer camp for the children.
--GreGen
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