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Dilapidated: 1936

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 1:38pm.
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July 1936. Washington, Pennsylvania. "Old age." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1936. Washington, Pennsylvania. "Old age." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

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A cautionary tale

Submitted by Malbone on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 10:27pm.

A reminder of what life was like before Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, rural electrification, unemployment insurance, road-, bridge- and dam-building projects, and all those other "job-killing" federal programs.

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Bessie & Dude

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 3:07pm.

Sister Bessie & Dude! - what great Erskine Caldwell characters - if you've never read Jeeter's story - you'll never really understand the South of the 1920s...
And, of course, Caldwell would have seen many, many similar pictures - he was married to an equally talented New Deal photographer. Hats off for your great quote!

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Dialpidated

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:12am.

Who's dilapidated, the house or the man?

[Both. - Dave]

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My retirement plan

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 9:57am.

How's your IRA doing? Mine looks like this.

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Thanks for the reminder

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 8:17pm.

I just made an appointment with the termite inspector.

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Healing...

Submitted by EyeAwa on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 5:41pm.

A catnap in the warm sun can heal a lot of ills. Great pic.

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Close Race

Submitted by John F on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 5:19pm.

Looks to be a close race between the life of the house and the life of its occupant. I wouldn't put my money on either one. A sad picture indeed.

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The house

Submitted by Lord-Velveeta on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 5:13pm.

That gentlemen and his house both look like they had a long and hard life ... oh the stories they could tell!

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Hm.

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 4:40pm.

I swear I used to own that chair.

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Jeeter Lester

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:23pm.

This gentleman reminds me of Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road. Sister Bessie said to Cousin Jeeter when Dude smashed up the fender on his new car: "It don't hurt the runnin' of it none!" It looks like the dilapidated porch don't hurt the settin' on it none.

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