For most Americans in 1938 the war was confined to disturbing headlines and movie newsreels.  Young adults set about enjoying their youth while they still could, much like these Blue Point Riders.

A sleep-out is not always a fun time.  Sometimes it just means you can't pay the rent.  There are opportunities coming.  We will make the best of them.

In the 1930s nothing said luxury like a Packard.  If you were driving one of these you weren't just on your way, you had arrived.   Decades later the Packard is just a vague memory, replaced by different icons under an ever searching spotlight.