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Bottlecap Bijou: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 1:32pm.
March 1939. "Abandoned theater decorated with bottle caps. Quemado, Texas." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Submitted by slr in tx on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 5:18pm.
Quemado means 'burned' in Spanish.
Weary traveler, consider yourself warned.
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Submitted by JennyPennifer on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 3:01pm.
It's obvious that the bottle-cap builder intended to finish the job. What happened? Perhaps he/she couldn't drink that much soda pop ... or whatever ... before losing interest or being called away on more pressing business.
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