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The Tree of Libity: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/22/2014 - 11:16pm.
June 1937. "Mississippi grocery store." Another of Dorothea Lange's quirky-sign photos. Resettlement Administration nitrate negative. View full size.
Belly Laugh
Submitted by CarolMcC on Mon, 03/24/2014 - 10:49pm.
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?
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Sun, 03/23/2014 - 7:10pm.
Possibly taking a break (face down) in the doorway?
And Justis For All
Submitted by Mr Mel on Sun, 03/23/2014 - 4:44pm.
Is it possible that the grocer's name was Libity?
Not Built To Last
Submitted by Histry2 on Sun, 03/23/2014 - 2:10pm.
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
Submitted by McFleam on Sun, 03/23/2014 - 1:01pm.
would sell handsomely today at auction, listed as a "Period Piece".
[LOL. -Dave]
Presumably
Submitted by Solo on Sun, 03/23/2014 - 3:07am.
M. ARK was the gifted painter of this sign?
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