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Say Cheeseburger: 1938
... size. 35mm nitrate negative. Photograph by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. Excellent One of the better portraits that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2007 - 1:22am -

August 1938. "Itinerant photographer in Columbus, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative. Photograph by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. ExcellentOne of the better portraits that Shahn completed while working for the FSA, imho: rich in detail, rich in human expression. His photos from this period often were "stretches" to make a socialist statement; here he seems to be showing us a straight ahead, working man street scene. Not quite on the level of August Sander's work, but still quite impressive. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska 259 East Main StreetI wondered where this was taken so I looked up the Economy Furniture Co. in the 1938 Columbus City Directory. ImprovisedThe photographer has added a wrapped cloth around the probably deteriorating, light- leaking bellows. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn)
Ozark Boy: 1935
... the road in Arkansas. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. View full size. air breather or hungry? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 6:11pm -

October 1935. Son of destitute Ozark family on the road in Arkansas. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. View full size. air breather or hungry?Catching flies, I reckon. air breather or hungry?Most likely starved, poor kid. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Great Depression, Kids, On the Road)
We've Got Mail: 1941
... near Fairfield, Vermont." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Calling Norman Rockwell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/01/2019 - 7:12pm -

August 1941. "Dicky Gaynor, son of FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Calling Norman RockwellThis is a scene that could have graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Air MailIn Ohio the farmers' rural delivery joke is one really extra-high mailbox labelled "airmail." (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Rural America)
The Omaha Kid: 1938
... Nebraska." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Wondering. "Hey! Either of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/02/2017 - 9:23am -

November 1938. "Lower Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Wondering."Hey! Either of you two know a kid named Warren Buffett?" Good one!Good one! Love!The boy in the back looks like such an old man. Boy No. 2The one in back is the winner of the Best Dressed Future Farmers of America Competition! Check it out, overalls -- and a tie. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids, Omaha)
Keep a Light On: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Truck ID 1937 Ford (I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/03/2020 - 7:54pm -

November 1940. "Porch light to welcome expected visitors. Pierre, South Dakota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Truck ID1937 Ford (I bet Tom Bodett would love this pic) "Photographer of Light"What Thomas Kinkade could never achieve. Major AwardJust needs a leg lamp in the window. A lump in my throatNearly 60 years ago I spent two sleepless days and nights and almost another hitchhiking from my base in North Carolina to home in northwest Pennsylvania. I saw lots of scenes like this one along the way. Every one of them choked me up. I don't remember praying but the guy who picked me up somewhere near Mars told me I was the first hitchhiker he'd picked up since the last one beat him up and left him for dead in 1949. He took me almost all the way to my home from the middle of nowhere. It's a Wonderful LightI can see George Bailey running past, shouting "Merry Christmas, folks who left the porch light on!" (The Gallery, John Vachon, Small Towns)
The Big Apple: 1936
... Georgia." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Check what's out back ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/07/2018 - 10:14pm -

June 1936. "Apple monument at depot of Cornelia, Georgia." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Check what's out backThe Southern Railway is blowing through town in the foreground. But behind the "deeepoh" is one of the most famous short line railroads in a state famous for its short lines, the beautiful Tallulah Falls Railway. One of their cabooses is just right of the big apple, and in the distance are two of their locomotives with one appearing to be missing its cab. The TF connected here with the outside world and ran north 58 mountainous miles to Franklin, NC. The TF is best remembered as the location Walt Disney selected to film his "The Great Locomotive Chase" in 1955. The little road also had a bit part in the 1951 film "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain". Movie parts and beautiful scenery don't pay the bills though; the TF Ry folded in 1961. It still exists!And you can find it by just Googling "The big red apple" Still there! TF still there, sortaPanning Vintagetv's Google view left will show TF caboose no.X-5 is standing behind the Cornelia station on former TF right of way. Nice. Home of the Big Red AppleBig Red Apple Monument (The Gallery, Agriculture, Carl Mydans, Railroads)
Lad of the Flies: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Sad This is, without ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2018 - 10:18pm -

July 1939. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. "Children of May Avenue camp family in small shack used as sleeping quarters. Poverty-stricken inhabitants here dwell in squalor, filth and vermin." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. SadThis is, without question, the saddest photo I've ever seen on this site. My heart breaks for these poor kids. Eyeball Bleach, PleaseMaybe a "Do Not Embiggen" warning, Dave? Unimaginable miseryCould these innocent babies even think about how uncomfortable their lives were or imagine a more pleasant existence. It was most likely the only life they ever knew. Even in his descriptions of the poorest of the poor, Steinbeck could not convey in words how dire their lives were. A picture speaks a thousand words is not just a saying. HeartbreakingThis picture brought tears to my eyes. So Very SadIt is almost incomprehensible to imagine such squalor in the United States. I feel so sorry for anyone of any age who has, or ever had, to live in conditions like this. I know things were bad at that time and I can only hope and pray that our citizens will never be subjected to conditions like this ever again. (The Gallery, Great Depression, Kids, OKC, Russell Lee)
Max: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Max, North Dakota 1940 I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/31/2019 - 1:47pm -

October 1940. "Max, North Dakota. Population 500." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Max, North Dakota 1940I found a 1962 photo of the New Max Hotel and the eatery next door. Under the photo is some interesting historical information. https://steinhausphotos.weebly.com/max-north-dakota-photos.html You have to scroll down a ways to get to it. Poor protoypeBoth my wife (the Geezerina) and I love railroading stuff. When we see an especially beat-up gondola car, one of us will say "Nice prototype!", referring to the gondola as great example for model railroading. The ideal model hobbyist will make the model look like the real thing. The real thing is the prototype for the model. Max, North Dakota, is clean as a whistle, even in the embiggened view! Beautiful! As a model layout element, it would be too neat, too clean! Current Viewhttps://goo.gl/maps/um9tmWxhUZopTVKa8 Today's view of concrete silos. Love the resolution!I’ll have a beer with my Ice Cream! (The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Railroads, Small Towns)
Loosey & Rickety: 1939
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fine and Fancy Filagree I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/02/2019 - 1:15pm -

November 1939. "Old house in Holmes County, Mississippi." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Fine and Fancy FilagreeI have never seen such delicate and intricate porch filagree - or as some say - gingerbread. This looks like it could be Faulkner's inspiration... for Miss Emily's house in "A Rose for Emily" (1930) [APPLAUSE]"Loosey and Rickety" -- best title ever! Outdoor PlumbingIt looks like the house was retrofitted for indoor facilities with a soil pipe attached to the outside of the home. It was probably a status symbol and source of pride at some point. But wait; what's that place today?A FRED and breakfast? Is there a station pumping ETHYL on the corner? Is the outhouse behind the house the LITTLE RICKETY? (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)
The Zero Door: 1937
... Dakota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Search analytics I wonder ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/22/2017 - 4:48pm -

October 1937. "Doorway. Des Lacs, North Dakota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Search analyticsI wonder if anyone at Google will notice that "Des Lacs North Dakota" was Googled hundreds of times today after having not been Googled once in years? Don't Let the screen door slam!Or fall off the hinges seems more likely. De Lacshappens to be 12 miles NW of Minot, glad you asked? 2-4-1Why have 1 door when you can have 2? Fitting PegsSomething about an oval and a square (and a rectangle). (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Smoke and Wreckage: 1939
... Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Re: Unattached Those flatcars belong ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/05/2017 - 7:20pm -

August 1939. "Centralia, Lewis County, Washington state. Railroad yard, looking down from highway bridge. Disaster to the town: The one remaining lumber mill burned down a week before. Note smoke and wreckage." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Re: UnattachedThose flatcars belong to the lumber company and are for woods service only. The logs were indeed tied down with chains for the trip to the mill. This was essential, as lumber railroads were built cheap and on the fly, with steep grades and poor roadbeds. The chains came off when the cars reached the mill, which alas is no longer capable of sawing them into lumber. The shunt from yard to the mill pond minus chains would have been acceptable. UnattachedAre those logs not somehow secured to the flatcars other than by gravity? Similarly, the photo also appears to have captured a person who might be unbound by societal norms. I think they were called hobos. +73Street view from Sept 2012. The mill pond seems to be in the right place. Re: UnattachedIt is hard to see,but there are curved wedges under the logs to keep them from rolling off the flatcars. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Fires, Floods etc., Railroads)
Missouri Farms: 1938
... Farms, Missouri. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Tractored off the land The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 9:39pm -

August 1938. Child studying in school. Southeast Missouri Farms, Missouri. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Tractored off the landThe Missouri Bootheel was historically a land of prosperous planters, poor whites, and poorer blacks. Eventually, mechanical cotton pickers would threaten to make the sharecropping system obsolete. As the sharecroppers put it themselves, they were being "tractored off the land." The Joadswere "tractored off the land," too. (Although it was a Cat bulldozer that leveled their house and set them on the road to California.) I re-watched "The Grapes of Wrath" just last night; such an angry movie, much more angry, I think, than the book Steinbeck wrote. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska "Tractored off the land" ?SEMO (Southeast Missouri to the uninitiated) stopped as a major cotton producer and the reasons for the mechanical cotton pickers (one of which my Great Uncle invented) fell because it no longer became competitive with other areas of the country. 'poor whites, and even poorer blacks' is pandering. Many of the poor whites were equally poor as the poor blacks. There was still a cadre of middle class blacks who wre part of the black community. I picked cotton along with others who had a "Cotton Vacation" from school. I always find it interesting when people with little knowledge speak as experts on a subject of which they know very little. (The Gallery, Education, Schools, Kids, Russell Lee)
Kings of the Road: 1940
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Tags Army bases had their ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2019 - 1:43pm -

December 1940. First caption: "Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter and traveling. Evidences of cooking outdoors are beside it. On highway near Camp Livingston, Alexandria, Louisiana." Later that day: "Two construction workers who sleep in car, cooking outdoors. One is from Memphis, Tennessee, and worked formerly on construction of the Dupont munitions plant at Millington. The other is from Decatur, Mississippi, and worked previously at the Camp Shelby job in Hattiesburg. He said: 'We live like kings out here. I never did carpenter before I heard you could get paid so much for it; then it didn't take me long to be one.' They are both working on the Camp Livingston job near Alexandria." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. TagsArmy bases had their own license plates? Camp ShelbyThe tag is an access permit to enter the base, not a state registration, which would have been only on the back of the car, since Mississippi was one of only a few states that issued single plates as far back as the 1940s. Whatsit?Would someone hazard a guess about that pen-like structure behind the two guys? Nice Guys They can't be that bad -- they're driving a 1928 Cadillac! (The Gallery, Camping, Cars, Trucks, Buses, M.P. Wolcott, WW2)
Linescape: 1939
... Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I am a lineman for the county ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/01/2020 - 4:04pm -

August 1939. "Great Plains and highway north of Amarillo, Texas." Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I am a lineman for the countyAnd I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload I hear you singin' in the wire ... Vanishing pointSuch a clever lady and photographer, to step off the road from the expected view, and instead follow the perspective line of the telephone poles and wires. Times have changedWhere do the birds sit now? Very different todayNow it's in color. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Landscapes)
Ghost Cafe: 1941
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Put the hammer down Eddy's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/11/2019 - 5:46pm -

September 1941. "Building on main street of ghost town. Judith Basin County, Montana." The Home Cafe / Kandy Kitchen / Eat Shop. Also, Rooms. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Put the hammer downEddy's Pan Dandy Bread was the creation of J.E. "Eddy" O'Connell (1886-1972), who due to his business acumen combined with a gentle demeanor, earned a reputation as a "velvet hammer" and a "cream puff filled with concrete." He was legend for his philanthropic work in Helena, Montana, as well as for high-yield bakeries in that state (one of which operated beneath a brothel), and from Utah and Washington to the Dakotas. On his and his wife's shared tombstone in Resurrection Cemetery in Helena is etched a loaf of Eddy's bread. Was also the post officeOr so say the washed out words above the East Shop Cafe. [Eat Shop. - Dave] [ :) ... And me on a full, non-SloppyType keyboard I've used for almost 30 years. ] Fading AwayI can see the faded letters for POST OFFICE, but this photo would have been a perfect place for a similar ghostly image of the SHORPY logo. I wonder what the original colour of the building was? So preciseI'm always delighted viewing Ms. Wolcott's photos. The subjects are interesting and her skill with the camera, in a technological way, is superb. Here, the edges of the photo and the corner posts of the cafe look as if a draftsman laid them out. I didn't take a micrometer to prove parallel, but I wouldn't be surprised learn that she'd achieved it. Great "pichertaker" she was. [Some of the credit goes to Photoshop. - Dave] Please, leave my other fantasies alone, I liked being the way I was about her skills. GeyserThe ghost town is Geyser, Montana, which still exists. Ms. Wolcott took other pictures of this ghost town, including a few of the former First National Bank. That building survives, which is how ID'd the town after making an educated guess it was the place. (The Gallery, Eateries & Bars, Frontier Life, M.P. Wolcott)
Cotton Kittens: 1940
... 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Risky business White suit ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/06/2012 - 7:35am -

May 1940. "Cotton Carnival -- Memphis, Tennessee." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Risky businessWhite suit and Eskimo Pie. So far, so good. We wore white a lotWe wore white a lot but navy blue suits for most of the year. I was born in Memphis in 1949. I remember the Cotton Carnival every fall. My aunt Mary was Queen of the Cotton Carnival in the late fifties or early 60's. I remember seeing her picture in the newspaper called the Commercial Appeal. We wore white suits to the coronation, the parade and the ball (we got to stay up late). We wore white suits at Easter time. We wore white dinner jackets to the country club for debutante dances and balls. A Snappy DresserThis youngster in an immaculate white suit had to have a very fashion-conscious caregiver. Having grown up in the northeast in the mid-century, where nearly everyone wore dark, heavy clothing and every audience was a sea of black, I first noticed white dress suits for men in southern movies such as the "Scopes Monkey Trial" depicting the July, 1925 court case from "Inherit the Wind", which also took place in Tennessee. This boy's outfit brought to mind the courtroom scenes with the lawyers perspiring in pastel seersucker while a ceiling fan attempted to move the air overhead. Having had three sons and one daughter, I would not even consider a pure white suit for a child. However, I must admit, he does look very sharp. Interesting chioce of ShoesThe Tennis Shoes (or whatever they were called then) kind of clash with the suit and tie. (The Gallery, Cats, Kids, M.P. Wolcott)
Snow-Cat: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Perfect technique ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/31/2020 - 3:28pm -

February 1940. "Black cat in snow. Ross County, Ohio." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Perfect techniqueTechnically perfect. I write as a (amateur) photographer: it's really extremely difficult to make the well exposed photo when the contrasts are extreme. Great job! In addition I'm the cats lover Noir et blancAfter disappointing previous attempt -- shooting the cat in coal cellar at midnight -- the photographer figured he'd try outside. In mid-meowThat feline's tail hook says let's be friends, and it's obviously meowing, which incidentally cats do only to humans, not to other cats. It's not like I'm an expert or anything but for the last eighteen months -- after being a lifelong confirmed dog lover, which I still am -- I have been a cat owner (I have a dog too). How that all came about is a long story and I won't tell it here, but I challenge any lifelong cat lover to be more besotted about their domesticated feline unit than I am about mine. She's never seen snow but my Tuxie, Sweetness, is the cat's meow. This Looks Like a Dodgy CatCould the image of the cat have been dodged in the darkroom? [This is a scan of the camera negative, so no. - Dave] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cats, Halloween)
Shooting the Breeze: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. We met two of these characters in earlier posts. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/24/2008 - 7:00am -

May 1938. Bench warmers at the cooperative store in Irwinville Farms, Georgia. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. We met two of these characters in earlier posts. Country folks-gotta love 'emGood salt of the earth honest people trying to prosper in difficult times....I remember when you felt especially important to be able to sit with the "grown-ups" and listen in, but you had to keep your trap shut and your ears open in order to do so. DungareesWhy don't people wear Dungarees anymore? Times Never Change !Good stuff Dave. Are you British?"Dungaree" can just mean jeans in the US; these guys are wearing a version of overalls. I understand in the UK overalls=dungarees. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Saturday Night: 1941
... Illinois." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Savoy Ballroom, 47th and South ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/25/2018 - 4:56pm -

April 1941. "Rollerskating on Saturday night. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Savoy Ballroom, 47th and South Parkway3 blocks east is 47th & Indiana Avenue. 3 blocks south was the Park-Vista. All SkateNext up, Limbo Probably early AprilSince the St Patrick's Day adornments are still up. Amazing!The change in society 77 years has wrought! Who could find anywhere today a group of young people roller skating on a Friday night dressed to the nines as these people are! They all look like they're ready for church come Sunday morning! Clothes make the pictureAs a former roller skater, I can safely say that I never saw anybody dressed that nicely in a roller rink. How far we have come! (The Gallery, Chicago, Russell Lee)
The Popcorn Man: 1941
... Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hope he doesn't burn any ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/13/2019 - 4:12pm -

September 1941. "At the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Hope he doesn't burn anyI used to work for a place where we could cook bags of microwave popcorn. It smelled so good when it was taken out on time. But leave it in a little too long and burn it. It would clear the whole shop. Boy With a CaneThe young man in the white trousers with the twisted leg and using a cane was very likely a victim of polio, still a scourge in those days. You can't unsee itI keep coming back to this photo to gaze at the three women -- mother and daughters, obviously (at least to me) -- supporting the beautiful little blind girl. I think she smelled the popcorn. I hope they got her some. Freddy Cannon" You never know how great a kiss can feel till you stop at the top of the ferris wheel." The little blind girl adds a poignant note to the scene. Smells and SoundsThat's what the little blind girl would have enjoyed. Popcorn certainly among them. This photo amazes meI look and I can't believe it. All these people; so contemporary. Hairstyles, clothes, gestures. It does not look like 1940. More like the sixties. Maybe I have a trauma to those years. As a Pole, European. A beautiful photo anyhow. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids)
Meet the Gerlings: 1937
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. About the Gerlings It seems ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/24/2018 - 4:03pm -

September 1937. "The Herman Gerling family near Wheelock, North Dakota. The daughter lost her arm four years ago." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. About the GerlingsIt seems someone dug into the Gerling family history and wrote about it: Gerling Family history At Least Someone CaresThe 1940 US Census finds them in Truax, ND. Herman is then 59, his wife Tirazah is 39, Gertrude is 14 and John is 3. Herman owns the farm and values it at $200 but claims that it provided no income that year but he had income from other sources. Their 19 year old son James seems to have moved out, he's last seen in the 1930 Census. Gertrude died in 2001 and appears never to have been married. I can't find a public family tree, but it looks like someone is doing research on them and correcting transcription errors in documents. Fingerprints on the public record left by amateur genealogists are too often the only indication that there are people left who care. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dogs, Kids, Russell Lee)
Atlanta Empress: 1941
April 1941. "Mrs. Lemuel Smith, wife of Farm Security Administration borrower, preparing the afternoon meal on her farm in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/07/2018 - 12:39pm -

April 1941. "Mrs. Lemuel Smith, wife of Farm Security Administration borrower, preparing the afternoon meal on her farm in Carroll County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. What does she see?Oh, I want to hug this child! Little AngelAt least that is what she looks like. That little girl's expression, the lighting by the photographer -- the whole scene could have been painted by Norman Rockwell. When's Lunch?Homemade biscuits keeping warm on the stove and percolated coffee? It also looks like she might be whipping up some scrambled eggs in that skillet, which sounds pretty good too! Also-that little one looks positively angelic! What a great photo. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Kitchens etc.)
High School Big Shots: 1940
... pool. Clinton, Indiana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Trouble, oh we got trouble, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/11/2018 - 2:30pm -

February 1940. "High school students playing pool. Clinton, Indiana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Trouble, oh we got trouble,Right here in Clinton. With a capital T, That rhymes with P, And that stands for Pool. It can't beThe sign says high school students don't play pool! The Beaver weighs in"Hey Dad, Eddie Haskell and the guys are hustling down at the pool hall and they want me to be a bookmaker. Do we got any good books I could take down there?" Right here in Clinton Indiesmokin' tailor mades and braggin' all about how they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. The Future of These Young Men?This is about the time my father-in-law who served in WWII graduated from high school in West Virginia. I wonder how many of the young men in the photo served in WWII and returned home to Clinton? (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Sports)
The Mint: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Sam Crawford, don't miss ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/31/2018 - 2:07pm -

November 1940. "Pool hall and game parlor in Central Valley, California. This is one of the boom towns near Shasta Dam." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Sam Crawford, don't miss himIn a few days he will be in Oregon! The Evening Herald from Klamath Falls, Oregon - Tuesday, November 12, 1940· Page 2: Dance with Sam Crawford and his 14-piece band Oliver CarterThe senator (and later judge) whose campaign poster is seen here would go on to preside over the Patty Hearst trial. ElectionDemocrat Oliver J Carter beat write-in candidate William Menzel, to serve in the State Legislature 5th District from 1941 to 1949. Interestingly, he won the seat when his father, who had held the seat prior, was appointed to the California Supreme Court. Carter later became a judge himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Jesse_Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_California_State_Legislatur... Menzel was one of the early clients of Whitaker and Baxter, one of the first campaign consultants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitaker_and_Baxter https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7p3036z9/dsc/#c02-1.3.7.2.20 There was a William Menzel mentioned in this issue of the SF Call of 1911-06-18, which says he was a wealthy businessman who lived in Redding - a town near the site of the Shasta Dam - and bailed out an indicted bank president. That was 29 years prior, so perhaps it was his father, or maybe candidate Menzel used a rather old picture on his campaign fliers. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-06-18/ed-1/seq-4... The Shasta Dam was under construction when this taken - it opened in 1945 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_Dam Carter Wins Senate Race!California State Senator Committees. 1941 CARTER - Public Health and Safety (Vice Chairman), Education, Fish and Game, Judiciary, Water Resources Dead OneLooks like someone was trying to decorate the porch roof with an empty whiskey bottle. Dag nabbed ruffians!! Minty FreshBold, with delicate overtones of outline! I love how the lamp shadow mimics the exquisite drop shadow. The typeface below seems to have roots in our modern typeface 'Hobo'. And by modern, I mean designed in 1915. One question: Why would you climb all the way up there to remove a dead lightbulb and not replace it? (The Gallery, Russell Lee)
Young America: 1941
... in Vale, Oregon." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Winners! Shoeless is best! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2018 - 11:54am -

1941. "Kids' race at the Fourth of July celebration in Vale, Oregon." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Winners! Shoeless is best! If I recall my vintage catalog research well, shoes at the time mostly came with leather soles, in addition to leather uppers. With certain exceptions, like boots for barn wear or inclement weather, which were of course rubber. Leather soled shoes would be much too slick to run in, when what you're running on is dry dirt, therefore, stocking feet - for which you'll certainly get a scolding when your mother finds the condition of the "soles" of your socks! - or better yet, bare feet, are surely the way to go! [Another exception would be the rubber-soled sneakers worn by zillions of boys. - Dave] WinnersBarefoot seems to be the way to win. Stocking feet seems to be doing well also. Who needs shoes! Nice to see that the race is one class and not split between boys and girls or between ages. Of course, don't know if they have separate prizes but at least it is one race. Fit bunchNot a lot of body fat in the group. Chalk one up for the girls.They seem to be holding their own among all the boys. Boy on leftNever run a race without your Stetson on. (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Sports)
Wolf Creek: 1935
... size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Milletesque Your move, Jean-François! (The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:39pm -

August 1935. Shelling peanuts in Wolf Creek, Georgia. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. MilletesqueYour move, Jean-François! (The Gallery, Agriculture, Animals, Arthur Rothstein, Rural America)
Everyone Was There: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. Cajun connection I can't help but think that my ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/14/2008 - 6:30pm -

October 1938. Crowley, Louisiana. "Crowd of people waiting for Cajun band contest to begin at the National Rice Festival." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. Cajun connectionI can't help but think that my dad, or at least some of his family, is in this photo. He was born in Mermentau, Louisiana (between Jennings and Crowley) in 1929. I wish he was still around so I could ask him about things like this. Love the site and keep up the good work. A friend turned me on to Shorpy about a month ago and now one of the highlights of each day is to check out the latest posts. Drive on! AcadianaToo bad we can't get crowds like that nowadays to go and see cajun bands here in south Louisiana. I'm from Lafayette and it seems like our musical heritage doesn't have the same appeal or importance placed on it like used to back in the 20's, 30's and 40's. Luckily, we still have a few musicians keeping the music of Acadiana alive. Crowley still hosts the Rice Festival every year, and is a great place to come pass a good time! http://www.ricefestival.com/ (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Marlboro Boy: 1939
... Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/07/2008 - 2:27am -

July 1939. "Ten-year-old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a 'hand's work' at harvest time." Seen here feeding logs into the fire next to flue of the curing barn. Granville County, North Carolina. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Kids, Rural America)
Small Government: 1937
... Hyde Park, Vermont." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. From public service to private ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/27/2017 - 2:18pm -

September 1937. "Town clerk's office. Hyde Park, Vermont." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. From public service to privateand still there, too! What's in the window?Looks like something very similar to the attached. A B-run HouseFor all the Tegu theatre is a small-town show, its bills are pretty current. For their grand opening they booked Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett), and the next week they feature Public Cowboy No. 1 (Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford), Stella Dallas (Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley), and Call of the Wild (Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie). Of all those, only Call of the Wild is a back-catalogue release (1935). I'm kinda impressed. And across the street, the Chicken InnWhoa, talk about déjà vu. When I clicked in the Google Maps view, I saw a large red wooden building across the street and down the block, currently the Philip Edwards furniture store. I knew I'd seen that here before, in the comments for a picture that featured it in an earlier time. Sure enough, it was the Chicken Inn, photographed during the same Rothstein visit. Some Words Of Prevention. Never ever pile your cord wood against any wooden structure since it's an open invitation for a pregnant termite queen to start a new colony. Even if she passes there are other destructive insects who would love to use this as an entry into your house. Pile it away from the house on a steel plate or a solid concrete surface with driven steel rods as place holders for your wood. You may have to walk further for your wood but at least your great grandchildren will have a house to live in. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Bicycles, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Small Towns)
This Is the Life: 1939
... format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bed gear See that rip in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/29/2021 - 2:47pm -

January 1939. "Migrant packinghouse workers. Belle Glade, Florida." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Bed gearSee that rip in the comforter on the line? I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s related to the metal bed frame leaning against the wall. When we made the beds at the cottage, despite our mother’s persistent warnings, rips to the sheets from all the pointy metal stuff underneath were unavoidable. Home Brewer?That large glass vessel on the left (called a carboy) is exactly what I use to ferment my homebrew in. Wonder if our worker made a little hooch on the side. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dogs, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
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