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- Best Wishes
- Sergeant Franklin Williams
- New name, same face
- Still There!
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- +96
- 40 years later
- What a wonderful photo
- What Happens In Minnesota Stays In Minnesota
- Too close for comfort
- Could take quite a while
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- Shades of Diane Arbus ...
- Sergeant Franklin Williams
- JHS
- Must have!
- Nice place to park yourself.
- If I'm reading it correctly
- Bowser
- Their great grandchildren will never know
- Forward wheelhouse
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Polarine: 1940
July 1940. "Gas station in Millburg, Michigan." The establishment last seen here. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Foreshadowing?
A few years after he took these photos at this Standard Oil station, John Vachon went to work for them as a staff photographer. That's according to Wikipedia, and we know Wikipedia is always right.
What I didn't find, however, was whether or not the young man on the right enjoyed the rest of his summer any more than he was enjoying this July day. I sure hope so.
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