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Payday Groceries: 1938
... 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, On the Road, Rural ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:37am -

September 1938. "Miners' wives coming home from town with groceries on payday near Mohegan, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, On the Road, Rural America)
Cheeseballs: 1941
... Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Cheese? What cheese? Oh. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/29/2020 - 5:47pm -

July 1941. "Removing the curd from the whey. Swiss cheese factory in Madison, Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Cheese? What cheese?Oh. Sorry. That cheese. I was admiring those muscles. Does a body good.I think an elevation to the Handsome Rakes category is in the offing for these two. With muscles like that, we know who's been drinking their moo juice on the regular. You need strong bones to lift those gigantic balls of curd. (The Gallery, Handsome Rakes, John Vachon, Kitchens etc.)
Check, Please: 1941
... mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Did you get any in ya? An ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/04/2018 - 9:00pm -

May 1941. "Child at FSA migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Did you get any in ya?An expression heard frequently in my family. HipsterOh, those sandals! Been there,done that. (The Gallery, Kids, Kitchens etc., Russell Lee)
The Lonesome Cowboy: 1939
... Big Horn County, Mont." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I wonder Did they sleep ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/23/2017 - 5:40am -

June 1939. "Shadows on tent, Quarter Circle U Ranch, Big Horn County, Mont." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I wonderDid they sleep with their boots on? The OriginalMarlboro Man. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Camping)
999 Bottles of Berries: 1941
... Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 4C: County Canning Clubs ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/11/2019 - 11:43am -

October 1941. "Canned goods made by Doc and Julia Miller, FSA client family with 1,000 jars of fruit, vegetables, etc. they have put up for the winter. Near White Plains, Greene County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. 4C: County Canning Clubs ContestAnd the winner is ...? Wife Preserver: 1939 War Garden Girls: 1918 Farm-to-Table: 1939 Jars of Plenty: 1939 Pantry Pride: 1941. Did you know that the Georgia 4-H was founded in 1904 by G.C. Adams in Newton County, Georgia, United States, as the "Girls Canning, and Boys Corn Clubs"? Third of a jarWhen I saw this caption, I couldn't help doing math: --> 9 months until next season's vegetables (October to July) --> 9 x 30 days = 270 days --> 1000 jars / 270 days = 3.7 jars, or almost 4 jars a day That seemed like a lot, but then I saw her family of ten in the next photo. She may not have enough. Miller Family 1940 censusFrom youngest to oldest: Anderson, 1; Emma, 4; Lucy, 7; Johnnie, 11; Oliver and Selina, both 13; Weyman, 16; Cora, 18; William, 20. Parents Julia, 35, and Dock, 39. The census lists highest school year completed: Julia has the most, with three years of high school; then Cora, who finished the seventh grade. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Rural America)
City Sidewalk: 1940
... Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Trash. I am amazed how ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/18/2020 - 3:25pm -

December 1940. "Christmas shopping crowds. Gadsden, Alabama." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Trash.I am amazed how trashy the streets were in these olden days. Seems that people used the sidewalks and streets as their garbage bins. Any photo from before the 1960s seems to have lots of trash on the ground, and the photographers captured it all so much! Natty clothing does not make up for trashing the place! Still we see alot of trash along the highways, and in some cities, but jeez what slobs people can be! Busy SidewalkDressed in holiday style. But I don't see any Silver Bells! 1940 lettersVachon: Here are my latest photos Boss: John, do you ever leave the room? (The Gallery, Christmas, John Vachon)
Style Shop: 1939
... Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And there she is right now ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/12/2018 - 12:18pm -

October 1939. "Store on main street. Grundy Center, Iowa." The Eggleston-Grundy Style Shop on G Avenue, to be exact. Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And there she is right nowI believe that is in fact Miss Grundy (Archie's teacher) going into the style shop to have a makeover. Who would of thunk it? 1937 Ford Model 74 at the curbThe Standard models with painted grilles ranged from $529 for a coupe to $690 for a station wagon with glass windows. Add about $80 for a radio, $40 for a heater, and ? for whitewall tires. Most people were happy with blackwalls, easier to keep clean. Gravel stuccoThat ugly stuff has been around longer than I thought! (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Modern Signal: 1939
... Vermont." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shades of O. Winston Link! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/16/2018 - 5:08pm -

October 1939. "Railroad crossing near Shaftsbury, Vermont." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shades of O. Winston Link!All it needs is to be taken in the dark with a truckload of flash apparatus. Oh, and a train might be nice, too. The Rutland RoadThis is most likely the main line of the Rutland Railroad Co. The Rutland Road went into receivership on May 5, 1938, and was still operating that way when the picture was taken. It recovered a bit during WWII but lost most of its stone, milk and passenger traffic in the 1950s and was bought by the State of Vermont in 1963. It is still(?) state-owned as the Vermont Railway Inc., and does see some traffic. Shaftsbury was just north of the Rutland's connection to Troy via North Bennington, which was one of the more profitable parts of the route because it allowed traffic from Albany and points south to go north to Montreal via Rouse's Point, N.Y., without traversing of the mountains on the south and west side of Lake Champlain via Plattsburg. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Railroads, Russell Lee)
Coca-Cola Cowgirl: 1941
... Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Brand Identity is everything. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/27/2018 - 8:45pm -

August 1941. "Dude from Quarter Circle U Ranch watching the rodeo at the Crow Agency Indian fair. Big Horn County, Montana." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Brand Identity is everything. Dudette!That’s no dude. And, she appears to be sitting on the bumper of a Lincoln Zephyr. Can we get a Pretty Girls tag, pretty please? ["Dude" applied to any paying guest at the ranch; dudes of both sexes could take part in ranch work. -tterrace] [That's no Zephyr. - Dave] Mona Lisa smile---sitting on the front bumpber of a 1940 Lincoln Continental ---my 5th grade teacher had us design our initial monograms like the one on her shirt [What would Teacher have to say about "bumpber"? - Dave] (The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott)
Joyride: 1941
July 1941. "Farm boys getting on the ferris wheel, one of the attractions at the Fourth of ... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Oregon vs. Oklahoma - who's living ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/30/2018 - 5:27pm -

July 1941. "Farm boys getting on the ferris wheel, one of the attractions at the Fourth of July celebration at Vale, Oregon." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Oregon vs. Oklahoma - who's living the dream?Am I the only one who thinks these Oregon kids are having a heckuva lot more fun than the Oklahomans? (The Gallery, July 4, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Fayetteville: 1941
... Fort Bragg." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Merry Christmas Christmas ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/25/2018 - 11:40am -

March 1941. "Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out at Fort Bragg." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Merry ChristmasChristmas won't be Christmas without another Dickey snap in front of the tree but I guess we'll muddle through somehow. A very merry Christmas to Shorpy and all the Shorpy-ites! I look forward to another year of excellent pictures and even more excellent comments. US 15 ASpecial routes of U.S. Route 15: U.S. Route 15 Alterboro–Creedmoor alternate route Existed 1936–1957 Established in 1936 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 401, from the South Carolina state line to Creedmoor, going through the cities of Laurinburg, Raeford, Fayetteville, Lillington, and Raleigh. In 1950, South Carolina discontinued the US 15A concurrency with US 15, but was not till 1953 when North Carolina followed and moved US 15A's southern terminus in Laurinburg. In 1957, US 15A was renumbered back to US 401. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
Block Party: 1942
... Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Safari jacket The little ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/09/2018 - 3:29pm -

June 1942. "Queens, New York. Nursery school at the Queensbridge housing project. Children playing with blocks." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Safari jacketThe little guy on his knees in the middle appears to be wearing what I knew as a safari jacket. It has a belt and big buttoned pockets and is short sleeved. It’s freshly pressed and he’s certainly styling. Balsa Wood ?The blocks seem to have wood grain under the paint. Yet, they must be fairly light, otherwise they would not be safe playthings for children of this age. Judging from the wear on the corner of the block on the left, I surmise that these are made of Balsa wood, which was still abundant in that era. They might even be solid blocks of Balsa. Hulloo HollowThe blocks are probably pine or other common softwood, but hollow. You can see the joints on the ends, and what looks like a top come loose in the background. 1942 Balsa would have to come up through sub infested waters from Caribbean or South American plantations, and what there was would go to airplane construction, either 1:1 scale, or flying models (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids, NYC)
St. Mary in the Mountains: 1940
... Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A few silver dollars in that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/11/2018 - 12:16pm -

March 1940. "Side street. Virginia City, Nevada." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. A few silver dollars in that collection basketI would imagine. And maybe a couple Carson City ones. +70Below is the same view from May of 2010. VisitedWe were there for Sunday Mass in October. Looks the same, gorgeous inside as well. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
Going Places: 1938
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. Public Weight Scales Those weight scales used ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/08/2008 - 6:10pm -

Summer 1938. At the bus station in Marion, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. Public Weight ScalesThose weight scales used to be common in downtown shopping districts. You put in your penny and out came a small cardboard with a picture of a movie star on one side and your "correct weight" and fortune printed on the other side. I still have some of them. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Small Towns)
Ricycle: 1938
... View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. No Matches Please! The rider would end up like ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/03/2008 - 1:02pm -

October 1938. Watching the National Rice Festival parade in Crowley, Louisiana. View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. No Matches Please!The rider would end up like the Wicker Man. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Russell Lee)
Blue Heaven: 1941
... camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And baby makes three I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/11/2020 - 9:29am -

June 1941. "Family of worker at General Electric plant in trailer home at FSA camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. And baby makes threeI almost didn't notice the cotted infant and when I did, the size of its hands took me aback. Looks like he/she could have held the bottle with no trouble if so inclined. I used to prop my littles up with their bottle in the same way, if only to feel for a moment as though I had two hands to use for something other than child care. At any rate Molly looks supremely content, and Me looks pretty pleased too. All hopes that they enjoyed a blissful life together. MollieI have an Aunt Estelle whose husband sang the song "Blue Heaven" to her so often after they adopted their daughter that she actually became, and still goes by, Mollie to this day. And she's in her 90s. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids)
Dodgeball: 1943
... a small crossroads in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Farm Security Administration housing project (later administered by the National ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/07/2016 - 12:15pm -

August 1943. "Middle River, a small crossroads in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Farm Security Administration housing project (later administered by the National Housing Agency) for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Play period for children attending Bible class." Medium format negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size. Stout Expansible TrailerPatent applied for in 1936 by William Stout, but not manufactured until wartime housing problems created the necessity. Due to material rationing, they had substandard wiring and plumbing. Reportedly some were still in use into the 1970s. (The Gallery, Baltimore, John Collier, Kids)
Cats and Dolls: 1940
... "Mrs. Botello and her sister, Portuguese FSA clients." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Halloween ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/16/2018 - 11:55am -

Dec. 1940. Portsmouth, Rhode Island. "Mrs. Botello and her sister, Portuguese FSA clients." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Halloween in DecemberI love the old black cat head Halloween decorations on the mantle. I have a reproduction of one very similar to them on my own mantle! [That ledge over your fireplace is a mantel, not a "mantle." - Dave] Correct name?Since they are Portuguese, the surname is most likely Botelho. Botello or Botero?Could have sworn these were the original Botero Sisters! (The Gallery, Cats, Jack Delano, Kids)
Migrant Father: 1939
... In mobile unit, FSA camp." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Corrective Thank you for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2017 - 9:10am -

October 1939. "He brought his family to the West in a homemade trailer from Texas five months ago. Photograph made after supper. Boy sick. Father has work now in potato field. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit, FSA camp." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. CorrectiveThank you for this photo, Dave (and Dorothea Lange). Whenever I'm tempted to think my crappy little problems have some consequence, photos like this one always set me straight. Happy Father's Day to all the Shorpy dads out there. And to all our dads who have passed on, we remember you with love and gratitude. Tobacco TagThat tag hanging out of the Dad's pocket is from a smoking tobacco pouch. Don't judge him too harshly, because smoking was cheaper before the heavy taxes were placed on tobacco. Also visible in his pocket is a box of Luden's Cough Drops. The formula has probably changed since this photo was made, so it's difficult to comment on whether they were more- or less-effective back then. I wonder if the boy went on to be enlisted in World War Two? (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Kids)
Idaho Hay: 1941
June 1941. "Hay stacker and haystack on farm of member of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, ... Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2019 - 6:17pm -

June 1941. "Hay stacker and haystack on farm of member of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Death Won Here: 1940
... County, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Powerful statement We ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2018 - 11:09am -

July 1940. "Marker of accident on the highway in Bernalillo County, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Powerful statementWe sometimes see memorials placed roadside by mourners, but no "official" markers such as this. Quite a campaign they must have had to promote motor safety. The vehicle here is a 1930-31 Ford. And it had a rumble seat, shown by the step plate on the fender. X marks the spotAt least a couple of states still do this today. The Florida Department of Transportation has an official program to place a memorial marker at the site of a fatality on a state highway - a round white sign. When you're driving by, you can only read the "Drive Safely" wording, but if you're on foot, you can see that it also has the name of the person who died. Sometimes people will put flowers or other things at the base of the sign. I first saw those signs when visiting in 2008, and the program is still available today. The South Dakota state police have had a similar program since 1979, with a somewhat similar "X" to the one seen here. In the early 1980s, I remember hearing my grandparents talk about the roadside "shrines" that family and friends would put up in northern Mexico and southern Texas. I don't remember seeing anything like that in Missouri at the time, but by the late 1990s, I started seeing them in Missouri. South Dakota Has Similar SignsBut they didn't start erecting them until 1979. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Russell Lee)
Dr. Smock: 1941
... County, Georgia." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Medical procedure Is she ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/12/2018 - 11:09pm -

June 1941. "The V.D. clinic in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Medical procedureIs she drawing an amniotic fluid sample? I'm just curious about what may be going on. The bum not the bellyShe appears to be administering an intramuscular antibiotic to the -ahem- gluteal muscles, the rest of which are tastefully draped for modesty. Minutes with Venus, years with mercury.Penicillin was still some years off, and this was most likely treatment with an arsenical compound. Shots had to be given weekly for several months. The treatment stopped the spread of infectious syphilis but did not prevent late syphilis. The arsenicals were an improvement over the earlier mercury treatment, but still could have severe side-effects. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Medicine)
Name Your Poison: 1939
... Iowa." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Standard Butter-Kist ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/07/2018 - 2:11pm -

September 1939. "Popcorn stand. Iowa Falls, Iowa." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Standard Butter-Kist Popcorn Machine Holcomb & Hoke Model No. 3F Circa 1927 Original Cost: $1250.00 This gas-fired popper with attached peanut roaster still relies on electricity for mechanical operation and lighting. The optional "Fountain of Corn" in the lower cabinet utilizes a blower to keep the corn in constant motion. post edited because I was incorrect. https://www.antiquepopcornmuseum.com/holcomb-hoke.php Not just a Holcomb & Hoke . . . . . . . A Holcomb and Hoke with the rare "Fountain of Corn"animation in the lower cabinet! Pity they don't have it operating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdH1uyK0qE (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Eateries & Bars)
Será la Victoria: 1943
... Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/11/2008 - 12:51am -

May 1943. "Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association." View full size. Office of War Information. MexisotaI always wondered why there were so many Mexicans in Minnesota. I laughed the time I saw one particular immigrant worker in a lawn service crew wearing insulated coveralls on a 70° June day. La Victoria"Victory will belong to the democracies." (The Gallery, Railroads)
Freedom: 1941
... Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Way back when ... ... there ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/23/2018 - 10:10am -

January 1941. "Little boy in Freedom, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Way back when ...... there was such a thing as innocence in children above the age of six. What a happy (if a tad impish) smile this young man had, despite what must have been difficult economic circumstances. I hope he had a life as joyous as his countenance on this winter day. Breathe deep the gathering gloomJunior looks a little squirrelly from breathing those factory fumes. Infectious smileI have looked at this photo multiple times and am always struck by the 'happy go lucky' attitude the young man seems to have. Now I realize why I keep coming back to it. The pose and smile and general demeanor have Gene Kelly and Singin' in the Rain playing in my old head bone. In Technicolor. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids)
Big Man in Bemidji: 1939
... View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration. Paul Bunyan here is a little history of this: ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/05/2009 - 2:33am -

September 1939. Paul Bunyan monument at Bemidji, Minnesota. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration. Paul Bunyanhere is a little history of this: http://www.visitbemidji.com/bemidji/paulbabe.html Paul's CompanionMy mother has a photo of Babe the blue ox, Paul's companion back when the cement monument used to be mounted on an old Ford truck and used for parades. It sits in an old frame in a cabinet in her home in Bemidji. Now Babe is permanently installed next to his faithful master Paul. I will see if I can borrow and scan it. (Curiosities, Great Depression, John Vachon, Rural America)
Stolen Harmony: 1935
... full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Great Depression, Kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 10:54am -

October 1935. At the movies in Amite City, Louisiana. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Great Depression, Kids, Movies)
Loan Ranger: 1938
... Street. Omaha, Nebraska." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Loan Companies" aka ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/20/2018 - 10:35am -

November 1938. "Loan companies on lower Douglas Street. Omaha, Nebraska." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. "Loan Companies"aka pawnshops. Guitar treasuresThis was back in the days when you could find a real guitar treasure in a pawn shop. Even up to the early '60s you could find vintage Gibsons and Martins for next to nothing. But then the folk-music boom happened and they were all gone, snatched up for bargain-basement prices before the hock shop owners understood what they had. No barsThese days, I rarely see a pawnshop that doesn't have bars on the windows. Evidently they were in more respectable neighborhoods back in the day. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Omaha)
Ghost Tractor: 1937
... Staude." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Mak-A-Tractor That would ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/23/2019 - 4:21pm -

November 1937. "Old building in Plentywood, Montana." Former home of the "$240 Staude." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Mak-A-Tractor That would be the Staude Mak-A-Tractor conversion kit for the Model T. Steel lug rear wheels with gear reduction built in. Cars axle drove small gears that ran in larger gears on the inside surface of the wheels. Before there was spray paint ...Street gangstas had to content themselves with soaping windows. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Frontier Life, Russell Lee)
Telluride P.O.: 1940
... Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Miners Hospital, now apartments ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2020 - 1:57pm -

September 1940. "Former miners' hospital, now the post office at Telluride, Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Miners Hospital, now apartments Everything has a reasonIn the Google street view the stairs go straight up from the sidewalk to the front door. In the 1940 photograph it looks like that was the original arrangement, but for some reason the stairs had been rebuilt to the side. The change resulted in a minimal number of fewer stairs that could have been covered either way. At some later date someone decided it was worth the effort and expense to [re]build a straight staircase. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Russell Lee)
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