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Nehi Guy: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 3:45pm.
May 1938. Blankenship, Indiana. "Resting in front of general store." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Not all that different
Submitted by bungalowgal on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:41am.
As a former Crane employee (and resident of both Bedford and Bloomington during my tenure there), I'm especially struck by this photo. This is the closest to (geographical) home a Shorpy photo has hit. Passing through the gates to Crane always seemed like entering a time warp to me...a place like this wouldn't be all that unusual there even today.
Details
Submitted by klg19 on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 7:36am.
I love that they're using the railway station board to advertise the price of eggs.
Also: the Farmer's Guide Detective Service.
And can I say that, for a guy in overalls, he looks pretty damn elegant. The cap and the rolled sleeves--you don't see that anymore. Sadly.
Eggs 16 cents
Submitted by edition_of_one on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:22pm.
My father (age 89) recalls his mother weeping during the Depression when the storeowner in town gave her only 12 cents per dozen for eggs from the farm, and not the 12½ cents that she had been hoping for.
Blankenship
Submitted by JS Lawalin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 6:16pm.
It looks like Crane Naval Depot did indeed swallow up the town. The town cemetery is still there.
[Kind of an apt name, wasn't it? - Dave]
Someday I'll put all this comtemplating to good use
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:52pm.
Radar O'Reilly as a young man.
Blankenship no longer
Submitted by Davin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:26pm.
Blankenship doesn't exist any more, near as I can tell; for you fellow Southern Indiana folks, it seems it was down around Bedford. According to this map, it looks like it may have been swallowed up by Crane.
Speak, Memory
Submitted by Savannah on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:02pm.
It's the photographs of people that rank among my favorites on this site, and this one is no exception. I wish I could hand this young man a penny so I could learn what occupies his mind as he stares off into the distance. He looks to be contemplating something deep, possibly conflicting, and I find myself wanting to help him resolve it.
/Armchair Psychologist
Business is slow today
Submitted by OTY on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 4:54pm.
It's that doggone salmonella outbreak, we are practically giving the eggs away but still no takers. Maybe the afternoon train will have some shoppers getting off. Wonder what Ma is makin' for supper tonight. One of these days I'm gonna get outta this one-horse town. Guess I'll have me another Nehi grape and pick the fly dung outta the pepper shaker. Wish I had a radio.
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