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August 1940. "One-room school in Breathitt County, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Whole lot of sparkin' going on between the wee lass on the left and the boy across the table. Or maybe it was one-sided, à la Mary Hatch whispering into our hero's good ear: "George Bailey, I'll love you till the day I die."
My beloved and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary last Sunday. The first time I set eyes on him, I said the same thing, to myself (except I didn't say George Bailey). It still holds true.
Which will be first to collapse -- the table, or the chair to the right?
I love the chair that looks like it was made from scrap lumber and tongue-in-groove boards.
Probably made counting to 20 easier.
I wonder how these kids felt if they had a chance to attend high school -- culture shock?
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