These amazing color photos were taken by A. T. Burke who is 100 years old now and may has served in the United States Navy documented life of the US in the late 1930s and 1940s.
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| Man with the Radio Amateur's Handbook is dated 1939 and hot off the press in late 1938, taken at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), Maryland, December 1938 |
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| USNA Class of '42 Midshipman and future war hero on leave in 1940 does Corpsman duty |
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| USNA Midshipman, Class of '42 on leave, June 23, 1940 |
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| This football game between the USNA and William & Mary College is played at Farragut Field on the grounds of the USNA in the September 27, 1941 |
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| USNA Navy vs William & Mary at Farragut Field, September 27, 1941 |
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| 1943 Bremerton camera testing |
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| Bailey's Grocery, August 1943 |
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| Four of the five friends who bonded their friendship in grammar school in 1928 or 1929, August 15, 1943 |
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| Friend's wedding, August 15, 1943 |
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| On leave from the Pacific in WWII, September 1943 |
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| On leave in 1943 |
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| WWII USA, patriotic bicycle parade (no gasoline), August 1943 |
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| WWII USA, using wisely what little gas we had under rationing, 1943 |
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| A new baby and old war mark, Christmas 1944 |
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| Christmas 1944 |
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| November 1944 just off campus near the USNA |
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| The young boy looks taller with the 5' tall grandfather, February 1944 |
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| An old black Chevy in the snow at the USNA, 1945 |
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| At the USNA, 1945 |
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| Eastport Apartments (1944), coal heated before we moved onto the campus (USNA) in steam heated housing, 1945 |
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| From Washington Monument, April 1945 |
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| Hamoja Village at the USNA, 1945 |
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| January of 1945 on the USNA campus |
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| 3306 Mission Blvd, Mission Beach, Dan Diego, CA, 1946 |
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| Family portrait at Mission Beach, San Diego, CA, November 1946 |
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| Mr. Helge Anderson was a big Swede who could still lift an automobile engine past 50 years old, Los Angeles, 1946 |
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| The seawall in Mission Beach, San Diego, CA, November 1946 |
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| These kids haven't turned three yet, San Diego, CA, October 28, 1946 |
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| 1947 trip past cave dweller ruins |
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| 3306 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA just after WWII, 1947 |
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| 3306 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA just after WWII, 1947 |
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| "At least I have my bear!", 1947 |
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| Boy was having fun, San Diego, CA, March 1947 |
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| Del Dios, CA, above Hernandez Hideaway, August 1947 |
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| Easter 1947 |
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| Easter 1947 |
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| Easter 1947 |
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| Family portrait, 1947 |
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| Just after WWII in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, CA, 1947 |
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| One of the little girls became Miss National City, circa 1947 |
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| Portrait of two young women, 1947 |
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| The boardwalk in Mission Beach, San Diego, CA, 1947 |
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| These pony rides were off highway US 80 (now I-8) below the old William Templeton Johnson mansion, San Diego, California, 1947 |
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| These pony rides were off highway US 80 (now I-8) below the old William Templeton Johnson mansion, San Diego, California, 1947 |
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| Young woman in Easter fashion of 1947 at 9661 Lev Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, April 16, 1947 |
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| Formerly part of Lake Hodges, I-15 is right here today just south of Escondido, CA, 1948 |
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| After Easter egg hunt, Easter, April 17, 1949 |
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| Lady sitting on the chair, January 1949 |
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| The California Redwoods in 1949 |
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| Youngest son at 6 months, March 1949 |
