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The Flavor Lasts: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 6:56pm.
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April 1940. "Dubuque, Iowa." Grit and gum in the Key City. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Noir
Submitted by switzarch on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 11:35pm.
This could be the opening shot for the credits in a Robert Mitchum or Robert Ryan or Mickey Spillane thriller. It captures that grittiness and mystery very well. Who could be sitting in that car?
Hopperesque
Submitted by ADKrick on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 4:47pm.
The composition, subjec -- I wonder if the photographer was influenced by the painter Edward Hopper.
Framed!
Submitted by steamghost on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 5:46am.
Can anyone tell us what the purpose of the framework attached to the shed is? There are at least two wires running to the top of the framework, but no power lines or telephone lines appear to connect to it.
Dept. of Sanitation
Submitted by CPLgrumpy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 2:30am.
I'm impressed (or depressed?) by the amount of garbage all over the place. If there's one thing the USA has gotten better at, it is keeping the garbage off the streets and sidewalks. I've been elsewhere, and I think the USA has come a long way since this photo.
HO Scale
Submitted by bhk on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 2:02am.
What an excellent subject for a railroad diorama.
Looks like a brand new Ford sitting there in the alley.
Submitted by Glocke380 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:15pm.
Don't think that a lot of people living in this neighborhood could buy a new Ford, landlord?
Just what every kid needs
Submitted by Olde Buck on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:41pm.
A Wabash boxcar in the back yard!
Attention please
Submitted by JohnHoward on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:15pm.
Will the person who parked their rail car in the loading zone please move it. You are blocking traffic.
The glamor and excitement of the big city-
Submitted by A Californian on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 8:51pm.
I knew there was a reason I live in the suburbs.
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