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Dilapidated: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 3:38pm.
July 1936. Washington, Pennsylvania. "Old age." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
A cautionary tale
Submitted by Malbone on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 12:27am.
A reminder of what life was like before Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, rural electrification, unemployment insurance, road-, bridge- and dam-building projects, and all those other "job-killing" federal programs.
Bessie & Dude
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:07pm.
Sister Bessie & Dude! - what great Erskine Caldwell characters - if you've never read Jeeter's story - you'll never really understand the South of the 1920s...
And, of course, Caldwell would have seen many, many similar pictures - he was married to an equally talented New Deal photographer. Hats off for your great quote!
Dialpidated
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:12am.
Who's dilapidated, the house or the man?
[Both. - Dave]
My retirement plan
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 11:57am.
How's your IRA doing? Mine looks like this.
Thanks for the reminder
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:17pm.
I just made an appointment with the termite inspector.
Healing...
Submitted by EyeAwa on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 7:41pm.
A catnap in the warm sun can heal a lot of ills. Great pic.
Close Race
Submitted by John F on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 7:19pm.
Looks to be a close race between the life of the house and the life of its occupant. I wouldn't put my money on either one. A sad picture indeed.
The house
Submitted by Lord-Velveeta on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 7:13pm.
That gentlemen and his house both look like they had a long and hard life ... oh the stories they could tell!
Jeeter Lester
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 4:23pm.
This gentleman reminds me of Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road. Sister Bessie said to Cousin Jeeter when Dude smashed up the fender on his new car: "It don't hurt the runnin' of it none!" It looks like the dilapidated porch don't hurt the settin' on it none.
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