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- Still the same.
- Possibly current U.S. 87
- Caught
- Montana
- 1940 Ford
- Deprived for sure
- Highway 2?
- Miles and Miles
- What's the beef?
- Somebody didn't get enough sleep last night
- Carolina Blue
- 1928 Ford Phaeton
- +111
- +111
- +115
- +113
- Where's Betty and Veronica?
- Now
- Be seated, gentlemen
- Love these train photographs.
- Excuse me, where is the plus size clothing?
- Marsha --
- Pronounced PEE-biddy
- Been there
- And what kind of hat was Madame thinking of?
- The Walther
- Way out in the stick
- Shy
- bricks loose
- I can count at least five
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The Ol' Swimmin' Hole: 1940
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September 1940. "Old swimming hole up South Fork, Breathitt. County, Kentucky." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Quasi-idyllic
Lacking but the overhanging tree bough with rope swing attached to be a real piece of American "good old days" imagery.
One wonders -- is this swimming hole now clogged with coal tailings or has it succumbed to concrete as the result of a flood control project? If not, fear of flesh-eating bacteria or toxic algae may still limit its modern-day clientele.
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