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Dubya: 1939
May 1939. "Statue to the watermelon. Weatherford, Texas, watermelon center." View full size. 35mm negative by ... one has been fun. Dubya Dubya is for watermelon, or Weatherford, or maybe "fiasco" (I think we might have been better off with this ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/15/2008 - 11:21am -

May 1939. "Statue to the watermelon. Weatherford, Texas, watermelon center." View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. Watermelon?Thanks for the laugh, I needed that. Watermelon? This is the worst "statue" I've ever seen, and I teach kindergarten! The shape is more of a cucumber, or maybe Jolly Green Giant dropping. And it appears to be falling apart. This one has been fun. DubyaDubya is for watermelon, or Weatherford, or maybe "fiasco" (I think we might have been better off with this thing in the Oval Office the last few years). I usually prefer black and white photography, but this is one shot I'd like to see in color, for the huge green tin melon. Looks like this wasn't its first year in service. And I love the Victorian Frontier architecture of the commercial block in the background. Weatherford SquareGratuitous and ill-informed swipes at contemporary politicians aside, Weatherford has been and continues to be a somewhat surprising center of power-politics in Texas. Among other notables, Weatherford has been home to the last southern Civil War veteran elected Governor and to Jim Wright. The building in the background is still there, and if you search Shorpy for more photos of Weatherford, you are likely to find a shot of the county courthouse that this shot was taken from in front of or perhaps from on its steps. Parker County is now known more for its peaches, and the new (last few years) boom coming from the Barnett Shale natural gas field. WeatherfordI don't know how to submit photos to Shorpy or I would because there is a photo of the courthouse from the same source as the rest of the photos of Weatherford. One of many beautiful old time Texas courthouses. Mary and LarryWeatherford is the birthplace of Broadway legend Mary Martin and her son, actor Larry Hagman. Ain't there no moreGreat shot! Too bad they took it down. I've done a little bit of moseying around Weatherford and found this spot; its in the dead-center of town, on College Avenue. What a wonderful invention Google Maps is; I can travel to places I'll never actually go to and poke around at my leisure. Weatherford has a lot of charm and they'd be wise to add a little bit of chuckle-fun by putting that watermelon back where it belongs. View Larger Map (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Birds of a Feather: 1939
... "Farm woman. Vendor of chickens at farmers' market in Weatherford, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 12:11pm -

May 1939. "Farm woman. Vendor of chickens at farmers' market in Weatherford, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size. First MondaysI'm thinking this was probably taken at a 'First Monday'. Can't tell for certain, but it looks like the county courthouse in the background where First Mondays used to be held on the (logically) first Monday of every month. A traffic circle now surrounds the courthouse and First Monday is now held on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month about two blocks from the original location. You can still buy animals there, although just last year they started requiring that the animals have a health inspection first so the number has been dropping. At a First Monday four years before this photo was taken, 35 year old Obediah D. Beene paid an Indian shaman two bits for some advice on how to live a long life. The shaman told him to look at his food "Look at how much you want--eat half." The man later known as "Mr Obie" did just that from that day forward and lived until he was 106, passing away in 2006. The Sky Is Falling!Those chickens must have done a lot of squawking every time the car hit a pothole on the way to market. One stop shopping: live chickens and patched inner tubes Quite a crowdLook at all the reflections in the pickup truck--at least 7 or 8 people grouped right there. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Texas 1939
... sale on luggage carrier of automobile, farmers' market, Weatherford, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/09/2008 - 2:34am -

May 1939. "Seeds for sale on luggage carrier of automobile, farmers' market, Weatherford, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Russell Lee, Stores & Markets)
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