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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
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The Tree of Libity: 1937
June 1937. "Mississippi grocery store." Another of Dorothea Lange's quirky-sign photos. Resettlement Administration nitrate negative. View full size.
Belly Laugh
Just a quick thank you for the picture and the hilarious comments. Haven't had a good laugh in a long time. What a bunch on this one!
The artist known as M. ARK?
Possibly taking a break (face down) in the doorway?
And Justis For All
Is it possible that the grocer's name was Libity?
Not Built To Last
I do a lot of work researching historic sites, and photos like this make me understand how entire communities of wooden structures can disappear seemingly without a trace.
Check out the store's "foundation," which appears to consist of floor joists set on top of rough hewn sections of tree trunks. A few decades of dry rot or termites, followed by a quick shove by a tractor, and a structure like this would be a memory. Only archeologists would be able to find evidence of its existence.
That sign
would sell handsomely today at auction, listed as a "Period Piece".
[LOL. -Dave]
Presumably
M. ARK was the gifted painter of this sign?
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