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Embraceable Ewe: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 5:52am.
May 1936. "Farmer of Franklin County, Kansas." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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Right!
Submitted by mad4books on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 8:43pm.
Titles, right, of course. You work your magic on both, to be sure...a veritable Titlesmith & Caption Craftsman.
(A.T. put it best..."keep up the great work you are doing!")
Your Entertaining Captions
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 6:51pm.
I am a regular visitor to Shorpy and I must say some of your captions are quite entertaining and are almost as much fun to read as it is to view the photographs! Keep up the great work you are doing with this most entertaining, educational and fascinating blog.
[I think we are talking about the titles, not the captions. In any case, thank you! - Dave]
Caption GOLD!
Submitted by mad4books on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 10:57am.
That lamb probably IS smiling because your caption is HI-larious. Well done! Extra oats for you tonight.
Baaaad
Submitted by Curvilinear on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 10:42am.
If I didn't know better, I'd swear that lamb is smiling!
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