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Clothing Store Sale - Korean War Home Movies

Home movies shot by Lieutenant Daniel Karp during his service in the Air Force in the Korean War. Karp was mainly stationed in Japan, where he ran clothing and shoe stores at Ashiya Air Base. This film shows the operation of the store, a sale at the store, the AMC Clothing Manual #67-5, and the PX. It starts by showing pages from the manual, then follows a soldier as he walks around the base and into the clothing store. Store workers (both Japanese civilians and American soldiers) help the man find the clothes he needs, he tries them on and they check the fit.

E. C. Daniel in his Zebulon, North Carolina, Drugstore

E. C. Daniel (Clifton Daniel's father) in his drugstore in Zebulon, North Carolina. Caption: When a man named Harry S. Truman ran a haberdashery store in Kansas City, Missouri many years ago, the odds were long indeed that his path would ever cross that of another man named E. C. Daniel, who operated a drugstore in Zebulon, North Carolina. But a great deal happened since those days. Mr. Truman went in the White House as President and his daughter, Margaret, won fame in her own right as a singer and entertainer. The son of Mr.

Photo Shows the Promotion for Stanton Griffis' Book, "Lying in State," in the Window of Brentano's

Photo shows the promotion for Stanton Griffis' book, "Lying in State," in the window of Brentano's. Copies of the book, photos of Griffis and cartoons associated with his career are all part of the display. Stanton Griffis owns the controlling stock in Brentano's Booksellers to the World.

Store Window Display Featuring Book By Charles Thayer

Partial view of an unidentified store window. At the time this photograph was taken, women's dresses and accessories were featured. Visible on the floor of the window is the book "Bears in the Caviar" written by Charles W. Thayer, the first edition published in 1951. The store may be located in England, perhaps London. The store window contains the reflection of four people who are looking at the window display. Mr. Thayer was the author of several books; this one contains information on Charles Thayer's adventures in 1934 as an embassy aide and ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan.