Photographs From the 40's by Rakiatu Mansaray https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s en-us 2018-05-15 12:25:17 UTC 2025-10-23 20:43:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png Boston Department Store Hordes 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260825339 Photographed by:  Christian D.]]> 2018-05-15 12:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260825339 Elbe Day Photo 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260826184 Photographed by: Soviet Soldier]]> 2018-05-15 12:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260826184 Pearl Harbor 201902531 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260829685 Photographer: Bob Landry
Most of Landry’s photos were historical events such as Pearl Harbor, The desert war in Egypt, and D-Day.
This photo was taken when Japanese attacked pearl harbor December 7, 1941. The photo shows a USS Arizona boat destroyed and submerging into the sea.
The destruction shown in the photo is very powerful and emotion striking. The detail of the wreckage makes people feel there as if they were seeing it with their own eyes. With this you can predict the fear and sadness going through the soldiers, citizens, and families when Pearl Harbor occurred and when people saw Bob Landry’s Photography.
]]> 2018-05-15 13:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/260829685 Victory in Europe 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261175074 This photo is very symbolic, it represents the friendship that the US and the Soviet Union once had before the cold war. This photo was taken at the very end of World War II when Nazi Germany was destroyed. Soviet and United States soldiers met at the Elbe River in Germany. Both sides had fought and lost people to defeat Germany they both fought their hardest. These men met with each other to celebrate their hard fought victory. This photo is very powerful because it is very rare, we rarely see Russians and Americans get together as friends to celebrate their accomplishments. After World War II the Cold War started and the Soviet Union and the USA were enemies so this photo is very rare and symbolic.]]> 2018-05-16 11:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261175074 Nylon Sale Increase 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261176588 When war came around, nylon stockings found their way into department stores and boutiques, providing women with inexpensive, longer-lasting hosiery options. After Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, and the United States entered World War II, the material that had its beginnings briefly as toothbrush bristles (prior to entering the women’s hosiery market) was severely rationed and channeled into war efforts. Nylon was permitted only in the manufacturing of parachutes, tire cords, ropes, aircraft fuel tanks, shoe laces, mosquito netting and hammocks, aiding in the U.S.’s national defense. Because American women had seen the future and it had them wearing nylons, they had to be inventive to meet their leg-beautifying needs.

This photograph helps give a better insight on how the material nylon helped aide World War II as well as grew in popularity due to its durable usage in war. Thus why there were massive hordes in Boston in order to purchase nylon material, such as stockings. ]]> 2018-05-16 12:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261176588 Soldier W little girl 201902531 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261177664 Photographer unknown.
This photo was taken in 1945 during the final year of WW2. The soldiers were serving the country and US citizens were supporting the soldiers. The photo graph is emotional because you can see the condition of the soldier. In addition, it shows how many families and friends wanted to see their family who served in war. ]]> 2018-05-16 12:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261177664 Enola Gay Bomber 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261178712 2018-05-16 12:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261178712 Ending the war in Japan 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261178856 The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the Atom Bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. This was the first time anyone ever dropped an Atom Bomb on another country in war time. This photo is very significant it shows the power of the United States and the will to end the war at any cost. The U.S. fought for years losing thousands of soldiers in the Pacific Theater and the United States did not want to lose anymore so we decided to drop the Atom Bomb on Japan in an attempt to end the war without more American casualties. This photograph is extremly powerful and symbolic, it shows that we would have done anything to end the war to prevent anymore American casualties. This photo symbolizes the end of the conflict.]]> 2018-05-16 12:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261178856 Movies 201902531 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261179780 Photographer: the person filming A Philadelphia Story,
During the war, the movie theater was used as a distractions. many children, teens, and adults took trips to the movies. A Philadelphia story was a popular movie in this time period. This photo shows how the culture of the time resided in movie theaters and escaping the painful war.]]> 2018-05-16 12:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261179780 The Angel 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261182306 Photographed by: Arthur Griffin]]> 2018-05-16 12:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261182306 The French Angel Maurice Tillet 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261183398 The Wrestler by the stage name of The Angel was known for his abnormally large face and strength. By age 17 Maurice’s head, chest, hands, and feet started to expand.  By age 19, he was diagnosed with Acromegaly.   
(caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland; excessive growth hormone) 
By late 1939, Maurice had a proven track record and was ready to invade the United States. He came to America around the beginning of WWII. Maurice made his American debut on January 24, 1940 at Boston Garden against Luigi Bacigaiupi. 

This photo is powerful, not only because it shows the uncanny resemblance to the fictional character Shrek, but also because he stood out for his remarkable abnormal strength and facial features that aided him in his successful career.


]]> 2018-05-16 12:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261183398 U.S. Soldier With Cat 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261184251 2018-05-16 12:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261184251 Good Times in War 20190550 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261184423 During the Second World War or most wars in general there was a lot of death and terror and fear and stress, making it hard for the soldiers to live and function properly. Soldiers would do all they can to not think about the war or the fighting they would want to get away from it all. This picture shows a U.S. soldiers with a cat during war time. Many people think soldiers a brutal and have no feelings but that is not true, many would save animals such as cats or dogs from the horrors of war. These animals would give the soldiers something to do to get away from the war, and they would give them a friend in the war. The animals would keep them comfortable when no one else would. This picture is powerful because it shows how the soldiers that were fighting in the war also had feelings and they also cared for others, they were not savages they were people.]]> 2018-05-16 12:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261184423 Bunker Hill 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261189987 Photographed by: Arthur Griffen]]> 2018-05-16 12:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261189987 Bunker Hill Monument Rememberence 20186028 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261190037  A group of prominent citizens formed the Bunker Hill Monument Association to construct a more permanent and significant monument to commemorate the famous battle. The project was a major undertaking. This project was completed in 1842, and this picture, was taken century later as a commemorate of the battle of Bunker Hill. ]]> 2018-05-16 12:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261190037 Atomic Bomb 201902531 https://padlet.com/20186028/1859890law5s/wish/261195604 Photographer unknown. 
This photo shows the bombing in 1945 at Hiroshima. An American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed many immediately and the day after from exposure. This image is very powerful, the Atom Bomb was the event that ended the war. The dropping of the bomb destroyed many peoples lives and homes, but it also saved a lot of lives too. If the U.S. was to invade Japan(which was the other option to bombing it)then there would have been about 1,000,000 American casualties in the process. We decided that the bomb was the best way to end the war with the least amount of American deaths. It was 1,000,000 Americans dead or 0, the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki was made and we ended the war. This image shows the extreme power that we hold and it shows how we would do anything it takes to end the war with the least amount of American deaths.

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