Walked Eight Miles: 1940

If you walk eight miles to play music, you deserve something better than an accordion.

But if you had to carry it for eight miles I wouldn't want anything bigger than an accordion.

[I wonder whose turn it was to carry the piano. - Dave]

This image (like so many here) is enormously evocative. The timer, the foot rest and evidence of recent toil on the clothes and bodies of the boys are among a few after just a few seconds viewing.

Can we relate?

That is why we look here. I have been a loyal Plan59 (EphemeraNow) Shorpy.com visitor/customer for the better part of 10 years. The stunning restoration of some of these scans takes a moment years ago and makes it immediate, right now. I feel like I am the first person to view a newly developed slide the day it was captured.

Important work to be sure.

Foy

All that effort on the part of all parties just to bring a little civilization to the wilds of New Mexico.

What is astounding is just how much things have changed in a single generation. The experiences of these people pictured are so removed from our own, I wonder how many of us can even pretend to relate.

If you walk eight miles to play music, you deserve something better than an accordion.

It appears that the windows are above ground, no dugout here.

All with bare feet? That's definitely dedication.