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- Grand Central Terminal
- Hats, hats, hats!
- Buggy whips
- A Not-So-Grand Central
- Must ask
- Preview Of Coming Attractions
- Crosswalks
- Meet me tonight in Dreamland
- Could we put on
- What's the season?
- Fountain
- Surprised, Fascinated and Curious
- Nice touch
- A sad end for the Potsdam
- Horse muffler
- Energy conservation
- Are these really the Alger children?
- Lost to "Progress"
- Fred's Chauffeur
- Equine Exhaust
- Not for public release
- More pole less trees
- What a shame
- Rounding the corner
- Who needs poles?
- No longer there
- Sacrament Meeting
- Before the Three Freds
- A story of three Freds (and a Frances)
- Death on Mt. Washington: The Tale of Lizzie Bourne
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Suppertime: 1939
February 1939. "Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of war veteran living in shantytown on Nueces Bay." The lady last seen here. Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Neatness counts
Flour everywhere except on her dress and hands.
Clothing
She's got a good dress for such an occasion.
Taking it all for granted
The next time I start complaining about something, I'll try to remember this family.
Criminy
What an awful and complete mess and what a horrible way to live. These folks would probably be considered "homeless" today and even have less than this hovel to live in.
Overdressed?
That is a really pretty dress, compared to the threadbare cabin interior.
[Like a lot of the ladies in these photos, she might have donned her Sunday best for Mr. Government Photographer, as well as for you and me. - Dave]
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