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Colorado Caboose: 1940
... Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Stuck in the middle, or a good ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/23/2019 - 1:52pm -

September 1940. "Caboose of the Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge railway. Telluride, Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Stuck in the middle, or a good guessThis shot apparently was taken the same day as the Telluride photo posted the other day. If you expand the earlier picture, you'll see the train has arrived in town with a boxcar behind the caboose. There can be a number of reasons for placing it there. My guess is the boxcar has mechanical problems (air line leak; coupler drawbar issues) that forced the crew to bring it in like that. It likely was placed on a siding where the car dept. people could fix the problem before it continued its trip. BTW, RGS caboose 0402 survives today at Knott's Berry Farm. (Too bad same can't be said for the Rio Grande Southern RR.) In the middleAnyone know why this caboose wouldn't be at the end of the train? Time ParadoxOlde Buck - thanks for the note that the caboose is now located at Knott's Berry Farm. My first job when I was 15 was at Knott's and I had been there several times as a kid before that (I grew up down the street from it). It's strange to see a photo today of something that I had seen as a kid a loooonng time ago several decades before I saw (and probably crawled around) it. I'm not sure what kind of whiplash time machine that is, but there's probably a term for it. (The Gallery, Railroads, Russell Lee)
Liquor Beer Wines Gin: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. Wow. What a great picture! The appealing face ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 11:15am -

Summer 1938. Newark, Ohio. "Boy in front of liquor store." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. Wow.What a great picture! The appealing face of the kid, the ghostly smiling image of the store proprietor, the reflected images in the window. Awesome. High RiderSeems to wear his britches a little high, I'm just sayin... Pocket PacketOn first seeing this image, I thought the boy had one of those string-pouches of loose tobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes in his pocket. But the way his pocket is bulging and sagging, it's too heavy for that. Knowing how much teenage boys like to eat, it's more likely to be some kind of substantial snack. Looks sorta like a big hunk of cornbread. Funny how we would be trying to guess the contents of a boy's pocket some 70 years later! But that's what's fun about these photos. Davey PicnicSo...about that basket picnic, apparently a campaign event for the unsuccessful re-election of Martin L. Davey, governor of Ohio during the Depression...and president of the Davey Tree Company family. The history you pick up either directly or indirectly from Shorpy is amazing! Wooden Shirt ButtonsBut for the wooden shirt buttons and Chico-Marx-style hat, the kid wouldn't stand out if somehow transported to January of 2008. Men's fashion really hasn't changed that much. Wonder what that thing is in the kid's shirt pocket? At first glance, I assumed it was some cellophane-wrapped snack food, because it looks like it. Then I remembered that Cellophane was still years away in 1938. Any ideas out there about what this mysterious object might be? [Cellophane was not "years away" in 1938, it was decades old. (Below, a 1931 ad for cellophane, which was invented in 1908.) And the kid's shirt buttons certainly aren't made of wood. Next! - Dave] Make a buyI'm wondering if he's at the entrance to ask somebody older to make a buy for him. [Eventually he has company. - Dave] (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Small Towns)
Weldon & Sleepy: 1942
... "Musical Drake Family," performing at a barn dance in the Farm Security Administration's Mercer G. Evans camp in Weslaco, Texas. Our pickers ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/01/2017 - 6:27pm -

February 1942. Two members of the "Musical Drake Family," performing at a barn dance in the Farm Security Administration's Mercer G. Evans camp in Weslaco, Texas. Our pickers are brothers Weldon (1923-1977) and Jasper "Sleepy" Drake (1926-1992). More Drakes here, and you can read comments from their children and grandkids here. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. Pickin' 'n' not grinningIntriguing photo, and the links are well worth a look. Now I am on a mission to see whether I can find any recordings by the Drakes. That guitar, a Broman Casa Loma f-hole, probably sounded great, as did the big-bodied 12-string played by Weldon in an earlier Shorpy photo. Probably made by Harmony or Regal in the 1930s. Problem with those guitars is after many years of use or just from being under string tension for so long, the necks just go out of whack. I bought a similar one from the family of an Arkansas woman who played it on the radio in the '30s, and just couldn't get the neck to stay in place. After three resets, I gave up and sold it as a wall-hanger. But it sounded wonderful while it lasted! Mercer G. EvansThe camp was named after Mercer G. Evans, Director of Labor Relations during the Roosevelt administration. There's not a lot on Google about him, but there is a portrait of him on the FSA/OWI site: (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Drake Family, Music)
South Side Deli: 1941
... section of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That would make a wonderful ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 7:10pm -

April 1941. "People sitting on front porch in Negro section of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. That would make a wonderful print.Top marks to Russell Lee here - an expertly captured photograph. J'Adore!I adore the conspiratorial look on the man at the far left's face, the guy in the lightest colored hat. Charming how we can see the items for sale stacked up simply...! No neon signs here! (The Gallery, Chicago, Russell Lee, Stores & Markets)
Fill Er Up: 1940
... in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Early RV? We have all seen ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/07/2012 - 10:40am -

July 1940. "Auto of migrant fruit worker at gas station in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Early RV?We have all seen pix of the typical "Okie" and his car. Mattresses, pots and pans, washboards etc. strapped willynilly to a worn out old heap. This car was well thought out and built, with it's extension at the rear which may have allowed sleeping in the car or keeping valuables out of the weather Homemade Camper?Impossible to say with any certainty what kind of car this is (for me, anyway), since the rear end is obviously modified with some sort of hand-fabricated panel. It looks to me like it might be hinged, ala the rear end of a teardrop trailer, so that you could cook, etc., under its shelter. Since they were in Sturgeon Bay, they were there to pick cherries. There are worse ways to make a living as a migrant worker than camping in Door County, Wisconsin, and picking cherries! I dont think he's pumping EthylMigrant fruit pickers could probably only afford Ethyl's sister, Regular. beer can gas capIn all my years of pumping gas and laying various versions of improvised gas caps on the car, I recognize the beer can nesting temporarily on the rear window. Hard times indeed. STOP!Note the stop light on car consists of a single lamp cyclops bulb with the words STOP cast into the metal. I agree that the back panel looks hand-made; a prototype limousine perhaps? [For the upscale migrant worker market? Also, the "STOP" is glass as well. - tterrace] Model A BumperLooks like the a modified rear bumper for a Model A ford (The Gallery, Gas Stations, John Vachon)
Joe Rocque: 1940
... about 86 years old." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Memories Perhaps born a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/27/2019 - 6:53pm -

June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Fireplace in old mud hut built and still lived in by French mulattoes near John Henry cotton plantation. 'Uncle' Joe Rocque, about 86 years old." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. MemoriesPerhaps born a "free person of colour," Mr. Rocque would nonetheless have had vivid memories of slave times. With his cat for company, he would doubtless have revisited the old days as he dozed next to the fire on a rainy Louisiana winter's afternoon. The pleated shirt is quite dashing, but fireplace could stand to have its ashes hauled. Wampole's PreparationContains cod liver oil (with oily and fatty part eliminated), fluid extract of wild cherry, a compound syrup of hypophosphites (common minerals plus quinine and strychnine), and, oh yes, 12% alcohol. A tonic and stimulant. The dose for children depends on “age and temperament.” I'm Waiting!is what the kitten is thinking. Waiting for the fire to be lit. Watkins Almanac and Home Book1868 – 1936. “68 years of buying experience give us the pick of the crop at favorable prices. That's why you always get better quality and value for your money from the Watkins dealer.” Note hangin’ hole in upper left corner, as used by Joe Rocque. Watkins 1936 Almanac and Home BookAdvertising Spices / Recipes, Home Remedies. Featuring: Watkins Fly spray JunkerismJunkerism is the very opposite of democracy. The essence of junkerism is privileged land ownership; that is, the ownership of large estates not adequately taxed, and not open to change of ownership 1918, Charles Fremont Taylor, Equity (volume 20) Over the TopThis old guy must have had a grandson in the First World War. Either that or he was very patriotic during 1917-18. The picture he has pinned to the wall on the right side of the photo, under the gun stock, is titled "Over the Top." The one hanging in my man-den is dated Chicago, 1918. The Germans are wearing outdated spiked helmets. It's one of a series. A Junker in 1918, by the way, was Prussian aristocracy known for their militarism. Pronounce the "J" like a "Y." Creole is the correct termfor mixed race individuals who can trace their ancestry back to the time Louisiana was ruled by the French. They were free during the slave times. Several decades ago I attended a training session with a person who was originally from Louisiana and had a French last name. One day I asked him if he was a Cajun. He gave me a dirty look and said "I'm a Creole, Cajuns are white and Creoles are black". I'll admit that I never would have known he was a Creole if he hadn't told me. Creole isn't to be confused with "Criollo", the Spanish term used in Latin America to describe someone of pure European ancestry. (The Gallery, Cats, M.P. Wolcott)
Merchant of Varnish: 1940
... Nevada." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. The very first. RATROD ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/11/2017 - 4:36pm -

March 1940. "High school boys in jalopy. Genoa, Nevada." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. The very first.RATROD Through the yearsHere the buildings are in 1959. The building on the far left is the oldest saloon in Nevada and is still with us today. The one on the far right has a newer gas pump and still has the varnish sign. And here in March, 2015. (Also seen here. -Dave) The road has been narrowed, the stone building finally got its porch roof back, and the red building has lost its gas pump but kept the sign. Inflation CalculatorGas is 23 cents a gallon in 1940 desert country. According to the inflation calculator I just used that is worth $3.51 in 2017. Gas my way yesterday was $2.14 regular and E85 was $1.36. And I don't have WW2 draft boards looming close at hand either. Up in SmokePowder shot and fuse. If it's hardware they had it. The Douglas 12 LodgeThe Freemasons of Genoa: The very definition of "Jalopy"This should be the picture used by every Dictionary to explain the meaning of the word Jalopy. See also - Hooptie. Genoa is the oldest town in NevadaFounded by Mormons in 1851 as a trading post. I wouldn't doubt the sign may date from that era, going by its design and typography. Obviously it has some historic significance, since the picture posted showing the building today still has the sign up. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Stores & Markets)
And Baby Makes Three: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Wreck of Old Number Nine ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/06/2020 - 1:41pm -

August 1940. "Family in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Wreck of Old Number NineOn a cold winter's night, not a star was in sight -- MiscellanyLooks like a dried palm frond between the organ and the back wall. Also someone dropped a pencil to the floor. It's behind the stool. [Also a match on the mat. - Dave] They could have burned the place down. Catholic familiesoften will display a palm frond received at mass on Palm Sunday. They are collected and burned the following year for Ash Wednesday to mark the faithful. Additionally, one photo displayed on the organ looks like a lady who has just received the sacrament of confirmation judging by her approximate age, veil and white dress. Palm SundayI like the Easter season because it’s spring and the time of my own son’s birth and the holiday makes people happy. The weekend before, I’ve always taken pleasure in spotting people in the streets with palm fronds from the church service for Palm Sunday. It was a definite mark of our current virus crisis that I saw no palm fronds this past Sunday. And when I asked an RC friend how she takes the Sacrament without actually going to church, she told me that the remote version of it must now suffice: it takes place in your heart. Happy Easter to everyone in these strange and challenging times! Re: Catholic familiesActually, the photo is of a young girl, most likely the woman pictured, in her First Communion dress. Catholics receive First Communion about the age of 7. Confirmation is a separate sacrament, received in the teen years, after a two-year instruction period. Holy FamilyNo matter which painting of the theme I look at it, and no matter which trio of mother and father and baby I see in real life, every time I look at the painted version of the Holy Family, I think of your basic young family with a single infant, and vice versa. Parlor organLooks to me like a Mason & Hamlin reed organ from the 1890s. Or something very similar. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids)
Corn Club: 1939
... Jasper County, Iowa." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Margaret Lou 1925 - 2016 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/23/2017 - 11:52am -

September 1939. "Margaret Kimberley, 4-H Club girl. Jasper County, Iowa." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Margaret Lou 1925 - 2016Her obituary. Rest in PeaceLived a nice life. 14 and a half years oldThat's how young this woman is. I wonder about that mark on her left elbow: today it would be a tattoo (I see a friendly crocodile), but it must be a smudge (see right forearm). Happy holidays, fellow Shorpy followers, plus special gratitude of the season to Dave and tterrace for providing this great online resource. The Rest of the StoryThanks for linking us to the other 75 years of her useful, adventurous, and beautiful life. God rest her soul. Time envyWhat an adorable corn-fed little cherub. And I want her watch! head, heart, hands, and health Margaret Crack CornAnd now we care. A Wonderful LifeThanks JOHNNYYUMA for that wonderful peek into a WONDERFUL LIFE. Just think of all the lives touched by this wonderful young lady. Strange fact is that my wife was a teacher (3rd grade) for almost the same amount of time as this young lady was soon to be. Shorpy does it again, my eyes are getting a little wet around the edges. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein)
Old Coal King: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Navigation The Lehigh ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/10/2020 - 4:49pm -

August 1940. "Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Houses and colliery from a street in Lansford." More specifically, the Old Company's Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. Lansford Colliery. Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The NavigationThe Lehigh Coal Mine Company (1793) was leased to the Lehigh Coal Company in 1818 and merged with the Lehigh Navigation Company in 1820, being formally incorporated as Lehigh Coal and Navigation in 1822. LC&N built a canal along the Lehigh River from White Haven to Easton, finishing it in 1829. By 1871 LC&N owned a railroad along the same route. Gradually, LC&N leased its railroad properties to other railroads and concentrated on anthracite mining. In 1940 though, Lansford Colliery was served by LC&N-owned Lehigh & New England Railroad. In the early 1970's, LC&N sold its last colliery, the nearby Greenwood breaker, to Bethlehem Steel and went out of business. Not what you'd call a fly-by-night outfit. Utilitarian equals ugly? Not back then, obviously. I have seen photos of much uglier (which were also newer) collieries. I am just wondering. Is that a shaft head or a breaker? But fancy having to clean all those windows. Not to mention with all that coal dust around. Dark ModeAn early example. Thanks for coming out, Jack Delano I was born in Lansford. I had moved away by the age of 7 or so, but in many ways never left. It's fallen on hard times, but people hardly notice. As a coal patch town, its aspirations were always somewhat limited. On the other hand, they barely noticed the Great Depression, basically for the same reason. By the late '60s this thing was derelict and you could climb all over it. When visiting my grandparents I sometimes did. Lansford is home to the Hauto train tunnel, also derelict, and with some interesting stories attached to it. No nothin' about coalWhy is that building so big? What went on in there? Don't mine the messThis is not a mine -- the mines were scattered in the hills around here. LC&N had a network of 42-inch-gauge tramways that delivered the coal to this breaker. The shelf on the rear hillside is where the tramways delivered the raw anthracite, being hoisted up the ramps partly visible behind the top of the breaker. Using a "sand flotation" method, the raw coal was mixed with sand in a cone shaped vessel, causing the heavier stone and slate debris to sink to the bottom, and allowing the coal to rise to the top of the cone and over the sides. The coal was then washed and graded and loaded into railcars for the trip to market, while the stone waste was removed and hauled to the dump. Photos in "Lehigh & New England" by Ed Crist and John Krause (1980) show what appears to be the same breaker in the 1950s from the hillside at the rear, except they say it is LC&N's largest breaker, No. 6. (Mr. Krause should know, as he took the photos.) This also is where I got my information. Sure is CleanMy impressions are that almost anything having to do with coal production is dirty and dusty. This building sure looks clean and tidy. Actually quite attractive. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Mining)
Denizens of Gonzales: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Come and Take It ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/20/2018 - 10:22pm -

November 1939. "Street corner in Gonzales, Texas." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Come and Take It Freddy223's Google picture is from 2011 and the Guadalajara is now history. The 2016 picture shows unfortunate alterations that will soon become outdoor seating for the Come and Take It Bar and Grill which, to date, seems to be surviving. ["Unfortunate"? Looks nice to me. - Dave] Still There GUADALUPE SANITARIUMI noticed the sign at the very top of the building. Open For Business1915 - On February 5, the Guadalupe Sanitarium is now open and has two patients. http://www.gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/gonzales-county-chronological-hi... Start 'em youngFuture shopper checking out the shirt display. St. George at St. JosephStorefronts are changed but this is the same building. Even the telephone pole and fire hydrant are in the same place. In 80 years... nothing has changed in the way shirts are wrapped. It takes 10 minutes to get all the pins out! Great typesI mean no disrespect to the men in this photograph, but each could easily be a caricature (from left): the plywood cowboy silhouette cutout with bent knee; the friendly Latino sidekick; the slack-jawed yokel using every ounce of his concentration to roll a cigarette; the toothless old git; and the black dude with the great shoes and hat at an extreme angle, striking a crazy pose. Sheath DressingThe two phone cables visible here appear to have a lead sheath. This was pretty standard until sometime after WWII, when various kinds of plastic sheath came into use. I have a Bell System manual from 1983 that still has a procedure (from 1969) for installing lead splice cases on lead-sheath cable. The case started out as a tube, and if it was pretty close to the diameter of the cable, you were supposed to just beat the ends down to the cable sheath and solder. The splice just to the right of the pole, for the small cable down to the box on the pole, looks to have been done this way. If the splice case was much larger than the cable, you were expected to cast (!) end plates for the case to match the cable, using a set of molds and a pot of molten lead (!!). You then soldered the end plates to the case, and to the cable. A little later on, Ma Bell figured out that lead might not exactly be good for you. There are some additional procedures (from 1979) about using some goop on the lead before you used a wire brush on it (to contain the dust), that it was important to pull lead cable out of a manhole without scraping it on the edge of the hole (to avoid dust), and that employees were only allowed to work half a day handling lead cable. (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Stores & Markets)
Eatmore Oleo: 1940
... size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Lenten special That is something you don't see ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 10:32am -

February 1940. A grocery store window in Salem, Illinois. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Lenten specialThat is something you don't see anymore, for those that don't know Catholics for years were not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. Lent, 1940It was a very early Lent that year, Ash Wednesday being February 7th. And we've all heard stories of the orgiastic bacchanal that is Mardi Gras in Salem, Illinois! Kroger'sJudging by the soap flakes and the corn flakes, it must be a Kroger's grocery store. That kind of broom was aThat kind of broom was a good product. IMHO the newer designs have not improved on it. LentWe still are "encouraged" not to eat meat during the Fridays of Lent. Of course, I try to eat as much fish as I can, and 2 tall cans of fancy pink salmon for just over a quarter? I'm there! Love the Folger's coffee tins. Fish sticks on FridayGrowing up in the 60s, I always tried to memorize the school lunch menus for the week. Monday through Thursday were the challenging ones. Friday was always the same; fish sticks, no matter where we lived! I wonder if the oleo they were selling was white, in a pouch with a little food coloring capsule that was squeezed, to break it, and then mixed through the oleo. They used to think that oleomargarine was fewer calories and much healthier, overall, than butter. Like many things, that didn't turn out to be the case. I always wonder what we are eating right now, thinking that it is healthy, that we are going to learn wasn't as good as we thought it was. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Stores & Markets)
Hepmobile: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Roarin' good times ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/06/2019 - 5:43pm -

August 1940. "Car belonging to 'Hep Cats' on main street in Louisville, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Roarin' good timesThis reminds me of the book "Cheaper by the Dozen" when one of the girls dates comes to pick her up in a stripped down Model T all painted with slogans like "The Mayflower: Many a little Pilgrim has come across in it" "Chicken, Here's your roost" and "Four Wheels, No Brakes." Oh, and "In case of fire, throw this in". Sounds like the car of my dreams. "Ladies enter here."" ... girls on other side." No ladies wanted, obviously. Especially since the "door" on the driver's side doesn't open. Entry was only through the passenger side. Not so secret advertising"Rubber goods" was a polite way to advertise prophylactics or better known today as condoms. ["Rubber goods" were trusses, ice bags, hot water bottles, enema bulbs, etc. - Dave] KnockingI had a car like that. All That's NeededIs a raccoon coat, and a ukulele to complete the ensemble! I love the "Someone's Knocking" painted on the hood--it was no doubt that old motor! Cicero the DopeHe's a rendition of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Cats, Louisville, M.P. Wolcott)
Meet the Professor: 1935
... recently. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Mustache Back when it was ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 11:36am -

October 1935. Resident of Omar, West Virginia, seen here recently. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. MustacheBack when it was OK to have a mustache like that... PuzzlerKind of a puzzle as to why they'd have a poster out for this particular movie. "Meet The Professor" was an 18 minute short produced by Mentone Productions, which I assume was making shorts for Universal on a contract basis. According to IMDB this short starred Clarence Nordstrom, Joe Downing and Bernice Claire along with the Columbia University Band. IMDB doesn't have much beyond the birth and death dates for Nordstrom or Downing but Bernice Claire had been a star in the first burst of musicals following the introduction of sound, along with her singing partner Alexander Gray (they were the equivalent of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy). By 1935 she was largely forgotten and was doing shorts - this one for Mentone and then two more for Warner Brothers - before getting out of the movies entirely. Born in 1907, she died in January 2003 at age 95. Re. MustacheIf you're comparing his mustache to that of Hitler, one must remember that in 1935 Hitler was idolized by many around the world. During his short reign of power he received more fan letters than Mick Jagger, Madonna and the Beatles combined. [How many letters would that be? And how would we know how many fan letters Mick, Madonna et al have gotten. I'm fascinated by statistics. - Dave] Hitler had a mustache?I was thinking of Charlie Chaplin... Seriously, I don't think the world understood how evil Hitler was until after 1935 (I know Omar, WV didn't), hence the "Back when it was OK to have a mustache like that..." ToothbrushThat style of moustache is known as the 'Toothbrush.' It was quite a popular style in the 1920s and 1930s. It's been made famous because of Hitler, but I assure you that many everyday folk also sported the same style. MustachioedYou know, Hitler killed this once not-too-uncommon "hairstyle" the same way he ruined Adolf as a baby name. I'm more interested in the interesting demeanor of the man than in his (now-weird-looking) mustache. The ToothbrushMy grandfather, a Presbyterian minister, wore "The Toothbrush" for most of his adult life, including throughout WWII. No one at that time considered it a "Hitler mustache." It was pretty common. Previously, it was better known because Charlie Chaplin sported the same style. On one hand, I feel sad that men who wore it are labelled because of the later view if the mustache, and, on the other, I am rather glad that it has fallen out of favour. It really is a silly-looking thing. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Movies, Small Towns)
On Second Thought: 1939
... near Capulin, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hotel Yucca The building is ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/25/2017 - 4:45pm -

September 1939. "Sign along the road near Capulin, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hotel YuccaThe building is now a bank but the swastikas remain around the upper perimeter. More info at Hotel Yucca history. "An interesting history"https://blogs.uh.edu/hotel-historian/2013/03/04/yucca-hotel-new-mexico/ "Freshening the Brand"... as we say in the marketing biz. "Rest Assured"Rest assured of what? Since it's in quotation marks, I guess it's no guarantee of whatever they have in mind. Kind of like the farmer's market down the road from me with its "Fresh" Vegetables sign. Native AmericanThe swastika had various innocuous meanings for Southwestern Indian tribes, hence the hotel theme. Resting assuredI think the "rest assured" means "you are assured to get a good rest here. Safely and comfortably." [Indeed. It's a pun -- a play on the common idiom "rest assured", the twist being that it's meant literally, in the sense of sleeping or relaxing, as opposed to the figurative sense of "be confident." - Dave] What They Did Not See ComingThis wasn't an isolated case. (The Gallery, Russell Lee, WW2)
Texas Gothic: 1939
... y'all! Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Oakland Heights As a native ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/02/2018 - 10:51am -

November 1939. "Old mansion in Comanche, Texas." Boo, y'all! Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Oakland HeightsAs a native of Comanche, Texas, I can say for certain that the house was named Oakland Heights, and was built before 1887 by a man named Dexter Walcott. (The street which ran in front of the house is still named Walcott Avenue.) A man named F. M. Browne added the Victorian decorations and additional stories a few years after. It stood on one of the tallest points in the town, befitting its name. The house was a showpiece in its early years, but fell into ruin as the family died out. (By the time of this photo, it may have been already vacant.) It was torn down as a derelict in the 1950s and replaced by a ranch-style home which stands on the site today, using the original house's foundation. Oakland Heights also served as the model for the cover of Richard Brautigan's novel "The Hawkline Monster," according to cover artist Wendell Minor. DetailsA lot of gingerbread on this house. And the brickwork on the chimney is fantastic! Vacation plansIs there perhaps a motel nearby? Check out timeApparently, the trees are leafing the mansion. I wonderThere is some lettering above the entrance on the far right. Any chance of seeing a closeup? [OAKLAND HEIGHTS, maybe. Or OAKLAWN. - Dave] I recognize the house!This is the Texas residence known as the old Addams place. Inhabited by a family of very exotic yet loving souls, it’s their southern vacation villa for use in hurricane season. Pan-dimensional, all of the windows face south to take advantage of looming storms. Room with a viewI want to be in that fourth-story cupola, sitting in a swivel chair. (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
Thankful Smiths: 1941
April 1941. "Family of Lemuel Smith, Farm Security Administration borrower, saying grace at the afternoon meal. Carroll County, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/22/2018 - 3:20pm -

April 1941. "Family of Lemuel Smith, Farm Security Administration borrower, saying grace at the afternoon meal. Carroll County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. Improvised placematfor the baby, who obviously is expected to make a mess. Lemuel and Susie lived long livesAccording to the records accessible through Ancestry, the Smiths were 40 and 38 in 1940, and had seven children. Lemuel and Susie lived to be ~94 and 86, respectively. Happy ThanksgivingWhat a beautiful photo of an Americans during difficult times! Maybe poor in finances, but clean and a great family. Doubly blessedCornbread AND biscuits. Like homeThis photo reminded me somewhat of the attitude seen at our Thanksgiving dinner last night. Wish I had a photo to remind me, like these folks did. The ironic sight of oil lamps and an electric iron, both atop the pie safe, is pretty charming here, too. Yeah we have it tough these days 2018they did not know they were poo in the sense, it will get better in the future let it not drag us down, of course religion was just aboiut the paramount of their lives unfed all trying times. [The poo will always be with us. - Dave] Happy Thanksgiving Shorpies!! Time to play "guess the food". I'm not very good at the game so may need help from fellow Shorpies. I see: Cornbread ( and lots of it ) Green beans Rolls The adults and 2 older children are drinking coffee or tea? Raisin pudding? A plate of chicken? A large mason jar of ... salad dressing? A large bowl of gravy? Sugar bowl in the center? Everybody has a bowl of ... cranberry sauce? ( I have thanksgiving on the brain.) AcmeWile E Coyote's brand of choice. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Kitchens etc.)
Rara Avis: 1941
... factory." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Puerto Rican sweatshop worker ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/10/2019 - 10:44pm -

December 1941. "San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a dress factory." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Puerto Rican sweatshop workerIt's Puerto Rico and a sweatshop, but I don't think our modista is Puerto Rican. [She is, and I'm not sure why you might think otherwise. - Dave] Winding the bobbinI always wound a bunch of bobbins up ahead of time. Never thought to wind them as I sewed. I was puzzled by the headline... until I zoomed in. Genetic engineering, 1941-styleWe crossed a human with a pigeon, and got a Puerto Rican sweatshop worker. OK ...I see the feathers now. And furthermoreRara Belleza! Nomenclatura ObscuraI generally get a chuckle out of the titles heren, but you nearly got me this time till I caught the feathers. (The Gallery, Factories, Jack Delano, Pretty Girls, Puerto Rico)
Sunnyside Mill: 1940
... mill operators." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I guess that would explain the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2018 - 2:23pm -

September 1940. Eureka, Colorado. "The Sunnyside mill, now abandoned. There is still gold ore here but the best has been taken out and now the lower grades which are expensive to process do not attract the mine and mill operators." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I guess that would explain the closureThanks for the history. Wonder what it sounded like? Mountain Mill only a MemoryOnly the stair-step foundation remains in this recent Google photo. FlotationThe mill structure used the flotation process for extraction. Gravity played an important role in the multi-step operation, thus the hillside construction. Changing timesBack in 1940, gold sold for $35 an ounce. If the mining company could mine and refine it for less, they did. If it cost more, they didn't. The production cost in 2018 is about $1250 an ounce. All that's left (aerial view)Photo via Google satellite. Where Shorpy leadsI was looking at the picture and wondering how the gold was processed when ManyBuicks mentioned the flotation method. Hmmm. Lookup gold and flotation leads to videos of small scale operations. Which leads to where did they get the water to run the mill. No visible pumps. Aha. They took water Lake Emma, above the site of Eureka which led to An 'Oh Crap! moment' in Colorado mining history http://coloradorestlessnative.blogspot.com/2014/03/an-oh-crap-moment-in-... (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Mining, Russell Lee)
Baby Madonna: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old flag by 1941 That flag ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/02/2020 - 12:25pm -

July 1941. "Children of FSA borrower. Mille Lacs County, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Old flag by 1941That flag looks to have the 45 star pattern. That flag was current between 1896 when Utah joined the Union and and 1908 when Oklahoma became a state. The cigar box with Charles Denby's picture dates to around 1902. The owner of the H Fendrich Cigar Company, named a line of cigars after Charles Harvey Denby, a Union Army veteran and Minister to China (1885-1898). Fascinating PhotographThat looks like a 45-star flag, which was adopted in 1896. Beautiful ChildrenThis family’s meager possessions tell so much about them. I’m 67 years old and have heard the many stories of my parents growing-up with very little. Seeing these images of how life was back then for many, helps me to understand my parent’s generation that much more. Thanks for posting this image. Eclectic artCharles Denby cigar box, a woman in a state of (gasp!) semi-undress, and Jesus. Charles Denby CigarsCharles Denby was a Civil War veteran and longtime resident of Evansville Indiana. And so he was honored by the Fendrich Cigar Company (of Evansville) with his own brand. "DiMag Hits"The flag may be old, but the sports page on the top of the dresser was timely indeed. By the time Vachon visited Mille Lacs County in the middle of July 1941, Joe DiMaggio's 56 game streak of hitting safely in consecutive games (between May 15 and July 16) was at its peak. That DiMag hit in a game was itself worthy of the top headline, until Ken Keltner's glove twice robbed him on July 17, ending it. The RockerIn another 50 years or so, that mission rocker would be worth a couple hundred dollars. And I think I spy part of a matching settee. But the style was very much out of favor in 1941. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids)
A Basket of Beans: 1941
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bellissima! What a lovely ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/11/2019 - 9:55am -

July 1941. "Italian day laborer with basket of beans she has just picked. Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, New Jersey." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bellissima!What a lovely girl! (Lucky little bean ... ) "Pretty Girls" GalleryShe has my vote! Cute GirlWonder what happened to her. Probably married down the road. Hanging OnI guess that one bean does not want to go. It is hanging on to the lovely lady Thanks to the Shorpy communityfor pointing out minor details (bean on shirt) that I had overlooked. Bean FocusingThere's a basket? Italian ContributionsFew cultures have contributed to our US society as bountifully as Italy's, and one part of that is heart-stoppingly beautiful women, like our bean-carrier here. Remember Annette? (The Gallery, Agriculture, M.P. Wolcott)
High Fidelity: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Looking for XERA Kinda RCA ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/10/2020 - 3:33pm -

June 1941. "Tuning in radio in trailer at FSA camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Looking for XERAKinda RCA Victor-looking tabletop model, just right for tuning in to Sister Rose Dawn and her Mayan Order. Just one dollar, cash or stamps, and you will receive our book, The Revelation Secrets of the Mayans of Del Rio, Texas! All-American FiveThe radio is a GE, which you can just make out embossed below the dial if you squint. It appears to be a J-500 or similar, an early example of a true all-American five set. The Shadow KnowsWhich AM station she is tuning to in 1941. The Radiolooks very much alike the Canadian General Electric C-47B Radio, be it with a slightly different ruler. But that one was a battery-operated model produced in 1946-1947. Could not find the AC operated model it could be based upon. Maybe some vintage radio lovers around can point out the exact model? GE Model L-500Ad from the Feb. 10, 1941, issue of Life magazine. Click to enlarge. Interesting dialWhat is so interesting about that radio is that the dial goes from 550 kHz up to 1700kHz. The broadcast band was expanded from 1600 kHz to 1700 kHz, but that only took place in 1990. Most radios from that time had dials marked only to 160 (I own one that goes to 154), but it seems that GE did make a few that marked the dial out to 1700 kHz, for example this one. I wonder why they did that. [In the ad below the dial goes up to 1900. - Dave] The stationI would guess that she is tuning in what is now WPSE, 1450 in Erie. I can’t find when it first went on the air but all the other stations in the area around that part of the dial did not go on until after the war. That does not preclude that another station changed frequency. High FrequencyMy grandparents' AM radio had a dial that went all the way up to 1,700 kilocycles, which was also labeled "Police". (The Gallery, John Vachon)
Carson Street Depot: 1938
... Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Most likely from South Side ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/01/2020 - 11:50am -

July 1938. "Pittsburgh. View of the city from Homestead." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Most likely from South Side FlatsThe Carson Street Freight Station is in South Side Flats. Homestead is too far to the southeast and around a couple of bends in the Monongahela River to have a view of downtown Pittsburgh. 601 East Carson Streethasn't changed much in 80-plus years. Now a smoke / vaping shop. W. Zoglmann's SaloonA 1910 directory lists Wolfgang Zoglmann as a saloon keeper operating at 601 Carson Street. He was born in 1875 in Austria, and had five children with his wife Mary before he died in 1949. Zoglmann lives, the orthodox church, not so much. Missing Onion The original church building in the photo is still there today, minus the upper portion of its tower. The apparently more elaborate St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is just a block away. Wonder if there's a connection. First a saloon, then a restaurantZoglmann’s, as a saloon (circa. 1910), then as a restaurant (1934). From the Heinz History Center blog . Wo ist Herr Zoglmann?Looking at the two pictures submitted, I'd say he's the one in the suspenders in the older picture, and nattily dressed in the vest, befitting the more upscale nature of the establishment, in the second picture 24 years later. Amazingly, he's is taking the same stance and seems to be in the same position in both pictures. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Pittsburgh, Railroads)
Crushing It: 1941
August 1941. "Farm worker in beer parlor on a Sunday afternoon. Bruce Crossing, Michigan." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Face the sun refreshed! Coca-Cola's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/12/2020 - 11:00pm -

August 1941. "Farm worker in beer parlor on a Sunday afternoon. Bruce Crossing, Michigan." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Face the sun refreshed!Coca-Cola's "Face the Sun Refreshed" campaign slogan would soon become "The Pause That Refreshes Refreshed" by the time the United States entered World War II in December 1941. [Coke's "Pause That Refreshes" slogan got its start in 1929, not 1941. "Face the Sun Refreshed" was not a campaign -- it's just this one advertisement. - Dave] [I was aware Dave, that "The Pause That Refreshes" was introduced in 1929, it's therefore that I citated cited "The Pause That Refreshed" from the New Orleans National WWII Museum link, but thnx for making clear that a slogan does not make a campaign - Alex] ["The Pause That Refreshed" is the title of the Museum's web article. It is not a slogan that Coke ever used. And "Face the Sun Refreshed" is not a slogan -- it's ad copy for a single poster. The only slogan on the poster is "Delicious and Refreshing." - Dave] YooperThat's what folks from the U.P. are called. It looks like he is dressed in his Sunday finest, including the "Big Yank" shirt. They invented the 'cigarette pocket shirt' but this does not look like one of those. Michigan must not have had Sunday "Blue Laws". (on second look, maybe that is a 'cigarette pocket' shirt. Though maybe he prefers chewing his tobacco) Open for BoozinessI made a business trip to Michigan about 15 years ago. I can attest to the fact the bars were all open on Sunday. (The Gallery, Eateries & Bars, John Vachon, Small Towns)
Hill of Beans: 1940
... canning string beans." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Good design does not need to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/02/2021 - 12:52pm -

September 1940. Saint Mary's County, Maryland. "Mrs. Eugene Smith, FSA borrower, canning string beans." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Good design does not need to changeI've got a stainless steel slicer/shredder virtually identical to the one hanging above the stove I bought recently - without the wooden handle. Made in China, of course. That poor old stoveMrs. Smith's stove has seen so many years of work, the oven door is baling wired on. Look at the lower right, a cobble of wire and whatnot to keep it snugged in place. The oven is tired, but --Mrs. Smith does appear to have a new canning pot, so there's that. The smellI haven't messed with string beans in over 40 years but I know exactly what this kitchen smells like. The aroma stayed on your fingers for days. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kitchens etc.)
Out We Go: 1941
... Massachusetts." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Attitude Well, at least they're not ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/16/2018 - 4:19pm -

January 1941. "Store going out of business. Lowell, Massachusetts." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. AttitudeWell, at least they're not bitter about it. The Long GoodbyeThey're probably still in business, based on the "Going Out of Business" advertisements I've seen in my lifetime. Everything you wanted to know about this photoMy trip down the rabbit hole ended quickly when I found this post explaining exactly where this photo was taken and what is there now -- a 1960s apartment building. I think it's obviousSX doesn't sell. Hard to believeIf you can't make it selling Hats in 1941, something is very wrong. Bucket and brushIs that a cleaner or solvent or glue in the can beside the bucket and brush on the sidewalk? Might it have to do with the putting up or taking down of paper posters? And my guess is that it’s all connected to the open back door of the panel truck on the left. Hidden in plain sightThe linked-to article was a good bit of research, but the author could have saved some trouble just by looking at the photo. The "Essex" stenciled on the windows could have been old, and all the "SX Men's Wear" signs are perhaps a bit cryptic. However, the paper sale sign in the window is clearly labeled "Essex Men's Store". [The article, based on a blurry low-resolution image, was written in 2016. The much sharper image seen here was scanned in November 2018. - Dave] No WonderLook at how much they are charging for hats! (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
Walker Evans: 1937
... 1937 portrait by his colleague Edwin Locke. 35mm negative, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pow! This is a stunning, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/28/2007 - 12:26am -

The photographer Walker Evans in a February 1937 portrait by his colleague Edwin Locke. 35mm negative, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pow!This is a stunning, powerful, portrait! Have to order a copy immediately! [Order received. Thanks. - Dave] IndeedWell Johnny you truly are correct, an amazing photo, what wonderful emotions. (The Gallery, Edwin Locke, Portraits, Walker Evans)
The Washday Miracle: 1936
... laundry day! Or maybe not. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Kearney, NE Poor Kearney, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/08/2013 - 7:52am -

May 1936. "Wife of farmstead farmer. Kearny, Nebraska." Thanks to my National Vacuum Washer, I barely have to lift a finger come laundry day! Or maybe not. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Kearney, NEPoor Kearney, its moment in the FSA spotlight, and Rothstein misspells it (and it's pronounced "Carnie," counterintuitively.) I wasn't aware that there were FSA photos from this area of Nebraska--I hope we'll see more of them. I love the print of her dress--it'd be really popular among the younger generation of quilters that has emerged in the past decade. Clean?I once rented an old house that came with a wringer washer (not as old as this one though) and opted to use it instead of my automatic just for the sheer fun of it! Mind you I wasn't working outside the home at the time, and had the free time to do this. Looking at this one though, it's a wonder anything actually came out totally clean. I would have to say that her apron will be the last thing she puts through the washer. We certainly have things easier for us today! Definitely not OSHA-friendlyIf I had to use that infernal contraption, I wouldn't smile, either. A farm wife using one of those would be able to sympathize with her husband and the dangers he faced using a tractor and implements, since putting your hand in the wrong place could result in the loss of a finger. Rub A Dub DubThe lady of the house still has her washing machine plugged in, so maybe it will wash, but she has kept her strongarm scrub board for getting things clean. That's no lye!Looks like a nice new bar of lye soap ready for use on the washboard. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein)
Tattooing & Curios: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 'Cowboy' Luttrall ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/24/2020 - 10:43am -

March 1941. "Tattoo parlor on West Main Street. Norfolk, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 'Cowboy' LuttrallLooking at the names on that wrestling bill and I suspect 'Luttrall' is Clarence 'Cowboy' Luttrall who was involved in Jack Dempsey's 'comeback' in 1940. SI has the story here. And they spell it 'Luttrell' which seems to be a common variation. Luttrall went on to bigger and better things, he founded Championship Wrestling From Florida later in the decade. OTOH, Cowboy Luttrell/Luttrall has no Virginia bouts listed in the wrestling database so this one may be a local. Something weird about the addressCaptions says "West Main Street. Norfolk, Virginia", and the number in the window shows 433, but West Main Street is only one block long. 433 West Main would be about two blocks into the Elizabeth River. Perhaps someone can shed some light on this. East Side, West Side, All Around The TownNorfolk’s 1940-50s West Main Street was about a block long, from Granby Street to the waterfront; East of Granby Street were several blocks of notorious East Main Street’s rundown two-story tattoo parlors, pawn shops, and bar after bar, one more rowdy than the next. If you walked in to one of them with the wrong ship’s patch on your shoulder, chances were high that you would be carried out! All gone now, replaced with fancy marble-faced office complexes, but this once-young sailor’s memories remain (*sigh*). Let us out of here!Those tools look like they're screaming to get out of there. Like puppies in a pet shop window. I'm fairly certain that's what the man is thinking as well. $60 and $600I was interested to read in the shop window that they offer tattoo removal. I'm not a big fan of tattoos, which makes me even more of a dinosaur. I've always appreciated my cousin's argument with her teenagers against them getting tattoos. She asked them: "You like that shirt you're wearing? Do you think you'll still want to wear that shirt in 20 years? If not - you don't need to get a tattoo." The above amounts are what a friend paid to have a tattoo put on her leg … and to have it removed. A victim of urban "renewal"Alas, federal tax dollars encouraged many cities to demolish much of what we now recognize gave them their character. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Norfolk,_Virginia Not surprisingly, many minority and mixed neighborhoods were hardest hit. Certainly true here in DC where I now live. Party favorOne of my father's young officers had a tattoo removed by having the thing literally cut out with several layers of skin. Apparently it was too big and vivid to cover or bleach and it featured an old girlfriend's name, so it was that or a divorce. Occasionally, when it was his turn to host an officers' get-together, he would over-imbibe (old Army, plenty of that going around), bring out the jar of formaldehyde in which the excised graphic floated, and show it around. The wives were not amused, his in particular. I was but a callow adolescent, so I once suggested it might have been easier to have his wife change her name. Unfortunately, she overheard my helpful comment; thenceforth, they restricted their invitations to adults. (The Gallery, Bizarre, John Vachon, Stores & Markets)
Provincetown: 1940
... Medium-format safety negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration. Local Talent I love how timeless this one is. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/30/2008 - 8:50pm -

August 1940. "Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration. Local TalentI love how timeless this one is. Almost seems like it could be from some other era. Waiting for FarnsworthThey all look like they're waiting impatiently for the invention of television. Norman Rockwell livesThe faces (the facial expressions anyway) all look they've come from a Norman Rockwell illustration. Any one of them really, but specifically the young man with the guitar and the two older men to the right of him. Norman RockwellIt does look like a Rockwell painting, because Norman Rockwell painted real people and things. Funny that his critics always claimed that Norman painted a reality that didn't exist. It certainly did! He simply chose what parts of reality to portray, usually the good parts, the sentimental parts - and art critics just HATE those. ProvincetownIt is very sad to think that in a few years after this picture was taken they will be adding many more names to this monument. (The Gallery, Edwin Rosskam, Music)
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