Pie Town Picnic: 1940

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 2:18am.

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Serving up the barbeque at the Pie Town, New Mexico, Fair. September 1940. View full size. Photograph by Russell Lee.

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Re: "Pie Town? Where's the smiles?"

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 2:51pm.

Why are there no smiles? Well did you see that plate of food in the lower left hand corner of the picture?

But they're smiling more in this shot with all the pies and other desserts.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/90

Pie Town? Where's the smiles?

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 05/10/2007 - 12:59am.

You'd think they'd look happier, living in a place called Pie Town.

pie town summer dress

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 12:32pm.

Actually, Pie Town is at about 6700 feet ( http://www.pietown.com/_wsn/page2.html ), but that's high enough to be cooler than most places in the summer. BUT, many of the folks in the photo are in short sleeve summer wear, rather than the light coats of those in the foreground. The ones dressed in the coats appear to be older folks. Maybe not that cold, after all?

Dave McNeely