Form in Rain for Chance at Meat - Filling almost the entire width of the sidewalk in front of several stores on Sixth Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets, these prospective customers wait in the rain for their chance to purchase meat at one of the few New York stores where it is available Oct. 12. Some persons formed the line's beginning at 9 p.m. Oct.11 on the rumor that meat would be places on sale at store opening Oct. 12. October 12, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).