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Flat Broke: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/02/2007 - 6:10am.
August 1936. Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank. The father is trying to repair a tire. Three children. Father says, "It's tough but life's tough anyway you take it." View full size. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
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Yikes!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 08/21/2007 - 1:16am.
Is the baby playing with a shotgun shell?
Grapes of Wrath
Submitted by Doug on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 11:28pm.
This is so Grapes of Wrath. This is the closest I've seen to Steinbeck's description of the Joads' car.
C'mon Dave with three
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 9:02am.
C'mon Dave with three gallons of gas left at 25 cents per gallon do you think these folks had money for an auto club?
"I'm a girl!"
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 06/07/2007 - 12:14am.
The girl on the left is a dead ringer for Tatum O'Neal in "Paper Moon."
There were no auto clubs or
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 06/05/2007 - 3:23pm.
There were no auto clubs or anyone to call these folks were on their own.
[Actually this was the heyday of the auto club. Triple A started in 1902. - Dave]
Then and Now
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 06/05/2007 - 3:22pm.
It's from the toughness of these hardy folks that America is what it is. I think we have become very soft. I love this blog. And to think it was a mere 71 years ago.
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