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The Bun Also Rises: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 5:35am.
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January 1939. St. Louis, Missouri. "Grain elevator on riverfront." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Earlier photo
Submitted by JohnB on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:22pm.
An earlier Shorpy photo of Arthur Rothstein and two young scamps is described as being "somewhere in St. Louis." This kind of looks as if it may be the very place.
Railroad Crossing
Submitted by Mark Dyer on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:35am.
Am I missing something, are the tracks open here?
How would you ever get a car across those tracks?
Elevated prose
Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 2:32pm.
Alternate title: "Raising in the Sun."
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