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Tulare: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 1:21am.
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March 1940. Visalia, California. Band playing a Saturday night dance at the Farm Security Administration's Tulare migrant camp. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
Saturday night dudes.
Submitted by Betty on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 5:44am.
In the colorized version of this photo, I love the green jacket on the boy in back. It just rings true. The black cat is hilarious. I can just hear these guys. They're certainly focused. You hit the apex boys, now bring 'er on home.
D Major Dude
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 9:33pm.
Don't know the song but I do know what the guitarist is playing -- a D Major chord on what looks like an LG-2 Gibson.
Feed the Kitty
Submitted by Duane1947 on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 5:02pm.
Yes, my guess would be that's how they got their tips ... by people feeding the kitty.
Microphone
Submitted by 58custom on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 4:25pm.
That appears to be an RCA 74B "Velocity Jr." ribbon microphone. A ubiquitous PA microphone of above average quality at the time. They are pretty, but have little use today because of their limited bandwidth.
What is the cat holding?
[Their kitty has a cigar-box body, partly visible through the mouth. - Dave]
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