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Yard Man: 1942
May 1942. Yes, it's this guy again, somewhere in Grand Island, Nebraska, snapped by John Vachon for reasons unknown. Cinch up that tie and get back to work! View full size.
Scary gardener guy
Like something from Stephen King. Don't hire him.
Seems Like Old Tines
I have that exact rake hanging on the tool wall in my garage. It is still quite usable.
Vachon in Nebraska, May, 1942
Based on Vachon’s letter to his wife of May 8, 1942, this could have been shot on a one-week trip to Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte, and Scott’s Bluff, assuming he left on the 9th. He was working out of Lincoln for a while and seemed a bit dissatisfied with what he was being expected to shoot.
“Next week will work out OK, and produce, because I’ll be alone, but it won’t be what these boys [note: local FSA types, not Stryker back at FSA in D.C.] expect for me to get, and I fear for after I get back.”
Vachon thought they were expecting “a picture of a cow and a farmer’s new barn.” I think we’ve seen here that John Vachon was looking for, and shooting, something else. Thank goodness.
(John Vachon’s America, page 209)
But why?
Don't you just itch to know the back story of Dapper Dan and the rake? People people people, label your photos for those of us in the 21st century.
The Progress of the Slender Man
The Rake progresses.
New tag
Check the Tags above to see the new one added to Slender Man: Handsome Rakes. (Don’t make me explain the joke!)
Up to No Good
A loose tie and a jaunty hat ... I'd call him a young rake.
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