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I'm De Whole Show: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 3:24pm.
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Waco, Texas. November 1913. Isaac Boyett: "I'm de whole show." The twelve-year-old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street. The photo shows him in the heart of the Red Light district where he was delivering messages as he does several times a day. Said he knows the houses and some of the inmates. Has been doing this for one year, working until 9:30 P.M. Saturdays. Not so late on other nights. Makes from six to ten dollars a week. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. (Shorpynote: Isaac was born March 20, 1901, and died in May 1966 in Waco.)
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Waco Red Light: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 3:23pm.
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A long shot of 12-year-old Isaac Boyett in the Red Light District of Waco. View full size. Scanned from glass-plate negative. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Cauliflower Power: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 3:21pm.
October 1940. Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, tying up cauliflower in his vegetable garden. Rabbit fence made of juniper stakes. Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
Pie Town Barbecue: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 7:36pm.
September 1940. Barbecue dinner at the Catron County Fair at Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
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Pie Town Still Life: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 5:14pm.
September 1940. Crops and vegetables at Catron County Fair at Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, one of hundreds of photos he made of Pie Town for the Farm Security Administration.
Faro's Place: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 5:13pm.
October 1940. Dugout house of homesteaders Faro and Doris Caudill with Mount Allegro in the background. Pie Town, New Mexico. The Caudills at dinner. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee. View full size.
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Pie Town: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 5:13pm.
October 1940. "General Merchandise store, Main Street, Pie Town, New Mexico." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
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