Door and window of Spanish-American home, Costilla, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, July 1940
Class in window display at the San Diego Vocational School, San Diego, California: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Surrealistic window display, Bergdorf Goodman, New York City: photo by Russell Lee, January 1938
Washing windows of bar, Central Valley, California: photo by Russell Lee, December 1940
Girl washing windows of cafe, Cook, Minnesota: photo by Russell Lee, August 1937
Negro washing store window, Taylor, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, October 1939
Little Mexican girl looking in window of her home. San Diego, California: photo by Russell Lee, May 1941
Detail of window, Crystal City, Texas, Mexican section: photo by Russell Lee, March 1939
Detail of construction of window in white farmer's house, McIntosh County, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, June 1939
Detail of window of sharecropper's cabin, New Madrid, Missouri photo by Russell Lee, May 1938
Neckties being displayed in window, New Iberia, Louisiana: photo by Russell Lee, November 1938
Sign in post office window announcing baby clinic, Taos, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, July 1940
Sign in store window, Little Fork, Minnesota: photo by Russell Lee, August 1937
Sign on store window in Yakima, Washington. The crop referred to is hops: photo by Russell Lee, September 1941
Window shopping, Los Angeles, California: photo by Russell Lee, April 1942
Drugstore window, Ray, North Dakota: photo by Russell Lee, October 1937
Drugstore window, Ray, North Dakota: photo by Russell Lee, October 1937
Store window, Spencer, Iowa: photo by Russell Lee, December 1936
Store window, Crosby, North Dakota: photo by Russell Lee, November 1937
Hardware store window, Crosby, North Dakota: photo by Russell Lee, November 1937
Hardware store window, Ontario, Oregon: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Window display, Windsor Locks, Connecticut: photo by Russell Lee, October 1939
Farm family window shopping, Williston, North Dakota, Saturday afternoon: photo by Russell Lee, October 1937
Farmer looking at dry goods window, Steele, Missouri: photo by Russell Lee, August 1938
Poster in drugstore window, Syracuse, Kansas: photo by Russell Lee, August 1939
Window in kitchen of house, Williams County, North Dakota. During dust storms in this area, windows have to be stuffed in this manner: photo by Russell Lee, October 1937
Drugstore window, Washington. D.C.: photo by Russell Lee, January 1938
Drugstore window, Washington. D.C.: photo by Russell Lee, January 1938
Drugstore window, Washington. D.C.: photo by Russell Lee, January 1938
Window of drug store, Washington. D.C.: photo by Russell Lee, January 1938
Tom,
ReplyDeleteAnother great set from a bygone era-- pictures worth 1000s of words -- "Blueberries/ Bought Here/ 10* A Quart," "Help!/ Save The/ Crop," "Shave/ Without Pain/ Or/ Whiskers Refunded". . . .
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light coming into clouds above shadowed
plane of ridge, red-tailed hawk calling
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
in and and, at first almost
light flowing in from
light, juxtaposed states of
being, more than once
silver of low sun reflected in channel,
shadowed green pine on tip if sandspit
Thanks for the good words, Steve.
ReplyDeletejuxtaposed states of
being,
then and now.
Russell Lee touched so many things, always with objectivity, always with respect, always with an attention to detail that's very moving to me.
These pasts otherwise lost...
Curtain rods for 9 cents, overalls, 49 cents, Mammy Lou butter creams, 33 cents. Franklin "blood stopper" in a hardware store, and a cafe named "Cheer". What a treat, these pictures today, a virtual museum of the past.
ReplyDeleteLost but of course, let's not
ReplyDeleteForget Madeleine's lucky
Pitch throat finding
A friend in a light
Smoke.
Thank you, awyn, that's the term, virtual museum -- an archeological dig, objects that comprise a "recovered" past, absolutely real (if absolutely gone)... and beyond all judgment.
ReplyDeleteAnd the prices are right.
Vassilis,
Well, about all one can say is, that gal Madeleine obviously had one tough throat (and let's hope the price was right).
Thanks, Tom. I enjoyed very much this sort of "window journey". (It's always a pleasure to fly with you)
ReplyDeleteJulia, great to have you on board.
ReplyDeleteNext stop, Hector's Place, The Palace of Sweets.
Tom -- these are astonishing. Every single one. And their ordering is poetic. Curtis
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of the drugstore windows. Thanks for sharing.
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