Esther Bubley

Esther Bubley worked as a photographer for the War Information Office during World War II. She took pictures of ordinary people on the "home front".

 In the canteen for enlisted men at the United Nations service center on a Saturday night, 

Washington, DC, 1943

In the officers' lounge at the United Nations service center, Washington, DC, 1943

 In the officers' lounge at the United Nations service center, a hostess introduces a young officer to one of the volunteer hostesses, Washington, DC, 1943

 In the officers' lounge at the United Nations service center, Washington, DC, 1943

 Miss Helen Ringwald works with the pneumatic tubes through which messages
are sent to branches in other parts of the city for delivery. Washington, DC, 1943

[Email circa 1943!]

Children playing in the nursery at the United Nations service center while their mothers make arrangements for continuing their journey, Washington, DC, 1943

 A girl Marine in her room at the United Nations service center, Washington, DC, 1943

The child of a United States Army officer being cared for in the nursery at the United Nations service center while her parents spend the day shopping, Washington, DC, 1943

A young couple picking up their child who was taken care of in the nursery at the United Nations service center while they spent the day shopping, Washington, DC, 1943