Charles Weever Cushman (1896-1972) is an amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. His photographs bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries.
We selected some from his collection to reveal daily life of the US during the 1940s. Take a look…
Tucson on Saturday afternoon, Arizona, Feb. 1940
Bull and whiskered leader Loudoun co., Virginia, September 1940
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, Jun. 1940
Lagoon and Orange, San Francisco Fair Flowers, California, June 1940
Little girls at Mammoth, Arizona, May 1940
Rodeo parade, Tucson, Arizona, Feb. 23, 1940
Proud grandpa watches solo rope skip, New Harmony, Indiana, Apr. 16, 1941
Girls stroll along lake shore Chicago, Illinois, July 20, 1941
Hyde Park schoolgirls at Promontory, Chicago, Illinois, June 27, 1941
Jewish residents of lower Clinton St., NYC, Sep. 27, 1941
Looking up Fulton St. from South St., New York City, Sep. 27, 1941
Looking up into Financial District from South Ferry, Wall Street, NYC, Jun. 6, 1941
Moppet poses after getting pennies, Chicago, Illinois, Mar. 2, 1941
Stores near corner of Broome St. and Baruch Place, Lower East Side, NYC, Sep. 27, 1941
Street in Negro section, Vieux Carre, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 5, 1941
The Flying Concellos hang out their wash at the 1941 Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Chicago, Illinois,
Aug. 2, 1941
The old Fulton Market Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Saturday afternoon, Sep. 27, 1941
Three bums from South Ferry flophouses at Battery Park, NYC, Jun. 6, 1941
TWA Stratoliner refuels at Chicago airport Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 10, 1941
View up Royal St. in the morning, New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 5, 1941
Yoked cattle pull an Ala. Negro’s farm wagon, Eutaw, Alabama, Nov. 1, 1941
A busy corner of Pearl St. at noon, NYC, Oct. 7, 1942
A corner on west Canal St., NYC, Oct. 4, 1942
A street in New York’s Chinatown, Sidewalk along Chinese store fronts, NYC, Oct. 7, 1942
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