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Youth Council: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 10:16pm.
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Spring 1942. Young people at the Imperial County Fair near El Centro, California. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
Holy Heber!
Submitted by Gideon Marcus on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 8:45pm.
I lived my first 18 years in El Centro, and I used to attend the Mid-Winter Fair. I wonder if this is the same event. The Fairgrounds were in southern Imperial, the town just north of El Centro. These days, the two cities have contiguous borders. Back then, I rode my bike through a mile or two of country land between my house and the Fair.
That Hat!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 9:19pm.
The trim on that guy's hat--is that supposed to be Spanish? or Australian to keep the bugs away?
[It's flamenco hat ... a midway prize. - Dave]
Busby
Submitted by JackCoupal on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 9:29am.
Russell Lee takes an idea from Busby Berkeley and uses it for still photography. It's still a good idea.
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