What Was She?

What was she? A waitress or a maid?  That might depend on what part of the country she lived. 

More Waitresses of the Great Depression

It looks like these two are in some small town out in the middle of nowhere or in some sort of mining camp.  Then again, during the depression, the government started building huge dams in the western United States.  Whole towns were also built to house workers and their families.  Maybe these two worked in the private towns, full of gambling, liquor, and others vices, that cropped up to provide the less approved activities. 

Waitresses of the Great Depression

I like to think they worked at a rather seedy road house, not unlike the Greek's in The Postman Always Rings Twice. 

The Car Hop

Hmmmm....and I thought the car hop was an invention of 1950s California car culture.  Guess not, since the car on the right has an Ohio license plate.  Here's the question, when this photo was taken, did the state of Ohio issue a new plate to every car, every year?  If so, the plate's from 1949, so we have an actual date for this photo.  What really drew me to this image was the waitress's uniform.  Love the airplane design and aviator sun glasses.  So, did her boss love airplanes, or was their a tie-in of some kind?  Was this joint next to an airport or an air base?  Or, was this picture taken in Dayton, Ohio, the home town of the Wright brothers?