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The Old Hard Shoe: 1939

June 1939. "Ruins of blacksmith shop. Virginia City, Madison County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. "Ruins of blacksmith shop. Virginia City, Madison County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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It's a joke!

The town blacksmith was John P Uren, born England about 1850, died Montana 1928. Remove the periods and the two words become "Up Uren". John P. Uren would have made a nice Shorpyite.

The sign seems to have held up well in the 11 years since the owner’s death.

[Yes, it's a joker's hand. There's no doubt about it. -tterrace]

What a Bonanza!

I'll bet that Ben Cartwright used to hang around that place.

[The Ponderosa was big, but it was a far piece from Montana. -tterrace]

Child’s footprints

We used to make those on chalkboards. Make a fist and press the side with your pinkie on the chalk board and rub very slightly. The impression looks like a foot sole. Then take your finger and make the five toes. Looks just like a baby’s footprint. Although I think this jokester used paint?

U.P. Uren?

I should hope so!

Footprints

I could tell from the first glance that there was a small gift hidden in this photograph. A few seconds later, there it was: the line of child's footprints across the board over the window. This vision of delicate absurdity breaks the paralyzing stillness of the old photograph like a cast stone breaks the stillness of a pond.

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