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Sprott, Alabama: 1936
August 1936. "Crossroads store at Sprott, Alabama." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Sprott I wonder if this is all there was to Sprott. On the map, Sprott Is just a dot. Limerick contest! ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/28/2022 - 12:09pm -

August 1936. "Crossroads store at Sprott, Alabama." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. SprottI wonder if this is all there was to Sprott. On the map, Sprott Is just a dot. Limerick contest!There was a young lady from Sprott ... How about thisThere was a gaunt yogi from Sprott Who asked the boys, Am I not hot? Whenever she lotused, The boys winced and noticed, And thought to themselves, "You are knot." Part of This Place Still Standing?Check out this link for "Then and Now" photos of this scene: http://www.marvhamm.com/my_family_page2.html Great linkObviously not a lot has changed at that interchange over the years. There once was a lady...There once was a lady from Sprott Whose friends knew her simply as Dot. When asked whence the label She spawned a short fable And replied "It's a sinister plot." There once was a lady...Bravo! My Mom, Eleanor MitchellMy Mom, Eleanor Mitchell Butler, and most of her brothers and sisters were born "in Sprott", up the dirt road from the store. Mom was born in 1918. Coca-ColaAh, the good ol' days before that nasty stuff called Pepsi started creeping in... More on SprottCheck this site for more pictures and info. What was Sprott like?Curious about the background to this iconic photo of the general store. Can anyone name any of the specific people in that photo? What was this place like? Were most of the people that lived there Sharecroppers? I notice there are bars on the windows, was this a dangerous community? When was the little store built? Finding RootsMy grandmother was born here in 1918 I believe. Her family name is Perry. I am looking for information about the city, possible familial connections still there and I am starting here. Anyone have any idea about where else I can look? (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Rural America, Stores & Markets, Walker Evans)
Crossroads Store: 1936
August 1936. "Crossroads store and post office. Sprott, Alabama." Last glimpsed here . 8x10 inch acetate negative by Walker ... he did. Still There -- The 1940 Census of Sprott, Alabama Since this and the previously posted photo of Sprott are ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/28/2022 - 12:16pm -

August 1936. "Crossroads store and post office. Sprott, Alabama." Last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration. View full size. in need of some paintMy father was gainfully employed all through the Depression. And what he did for a living was selling paint for a paint manufacturer. When I look at pictures from this time period and the state of so many of the buildings in need of some TLC, I often wonder how my dad did it. He must of have been awfully good at what he did. Still There -- The 1940 Census of Sprott, AlabamaSince this and the previously posted photo of Sprott are from 1936, I looked at the 1940 US Census to see if someone in the first photo might be identified. Unfortunately, Sprott was never incorporated; but Perry County had only 20 Enumeration Districts (ED) in 1940, so I quickly looked around. The most promising is ED 53-11. On page 3 the address is referenced as Road between Sprott and Heiberger. Later addresses are the road between Sprott and somewhere else. Someone along those roads might be listed as the Sprott Postmaster or general store proprietor, but I'm not taking the time to look now. I'm busy writing a limerick for Dave's contest. There was a young lady from Sprott, who wanted more than she got. So she and Fonzie Created a ponzi, Now they're rich until they get caught. Rust in PeaceThe end of the road for an abandoned flivver. L.B. Sprott General MerchandiseAlmost all 34 pages in ED53 11 are residents along the Sprott to somewhere road. It covers a pretty big area -- just the road from Sprott to Heiberger today is nine miles. Today the store is referenced as L.B. Sprott General Merchandise. I found L.B. Sprott in the 1940 Census. White male, 53, farmer, with his wife, daughter and son-in-law and granddaughter, and sister-in-law. There is also a boarder, A.L. Pope, white male, 52, whose occupation is store manager of a plantation general store. Nearby is J.T. Fancher, white male, 56, who is the blacksmith at a plantation blacksmith shop. I did not find a postmaster, but Dee Hughley, white male, 53, listed his profession as both farmer and rural mail route carrier. I counted 201 farmers and 84 farm laborers (almost always grown children). No one was listed as sharecropper, but I'm pretty certain L.B. Sprott did not farm his own land (see below) and his store was a plantation store. I also counted 18 men who were road hands, 12 men working for the WPA (mostly road work), 8 working at a CCC camp, 5 working at a sawmill, 5 county road truck drivers, 2 county road tractor drivers, and 1 country road grader operator. There were also four public school teachers and two men with the surname Miller, white, 35 and 25, who turned and molded pots at a pottery shop. I didn't pay attention to renters and owners while pulling together the above information. But, looking at the three linked pages, almost everyone is renting their home for $2 a month. Only six are owners. At the top of that list is L.B. Sprott, who valued his home at $4,000. Next is Dee Hughley at $2,000. The remaining home values are $1,500, $800, $500, and $175. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Rural America, Stores & Markets, Walker Evans)
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