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Walked Eight Miles: 1940
June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee.
Kudos all around
While I commend the dedication of these future music greats, remember, it is the home environment and the perseverance of the extended family that ultimately motivated these youngsters to sacrifice for their art. How many of our modern youth would walk several miles for anything? I'm sure there are many, but, overall, we have inherited a way of life that, thankfully, no longer requires that kind of exhausting dedication.
Walking 8 miles
I can't get my grandsons to walk 8 feet!
But if you had to carry it
If you walk eight miles to play music, you deserve something better than an accordion.
But if you had to carry it for eight miles I wouldn't want anything bigger than an accordion.
[I wonder whose turn it was to carry the piano. - Dave]
Pie Town Kids
This image (like so many here) is enormously evocative. The timer, the foot rest and evidence of recent toil on the clothes and bodies of the boys are among a few after just a few seconds viewing.
Can we relate?
That is why we look here. I have been a loyal Plan59 (EphemeraNow) Shorpy.com visitor/customer for the better part of 10 years. The stunning restoration of some of these scans takes a moment years ago and makes it immediate, right now. I feel like I am the first person to view a newly developed slide the day it was captured.
Important work to be sure.
Foy
All that effort on the part
All that effort on the part of all parties just to bring a little civilization to the wilds of New Mexico.
What is astounding is just how much things have changed in a single generation. The experiences of these people pictured are so removed from our own, I wonder how many of us can even pretend to relate.
Seems unfair
If you walk eight miles to play music, you deserve something better than an accordion.
Pie Town
It appears that the windows are above ground, no dugout here.
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