Hole in the Clouds
Feb 23, 2012
He had a balloon and an inflatable Popeye, but still the 1938 Rice Festival Parade in Crawfordville, Louisiana, just lasted too long.
Some of the signs in the store window appear to be advertising items of clothing for 10 cents, or even 5 cents. That can't be right, but I have no alternative explanation.
Give that baby some spinach, and he'll come round.
baby
streetscape
Louisiana
store
Crawfordville
1938
(Image credit: Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, via Shorpy)
Jan 4, 2018
The woman in black is standing at the Summit Avenue streetcar stop, looking back across Brighton Street in Boston in 1938.
The streetcar platform was taken down in 2004, but all the buildings in this scene, and even the billboard around the bend, are still there today.
What was she doing there? What was she thinking? Did she know somebody was taking her picture?
Boston
streetscape
1938
(photographer unknown, via Shorpy)
He had a balloon and an inflatable Popeye, but still the 1938 Rice Festival Parade in Crawfordville, Louisiana, just lasted too long.