The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[BobHufford]

Local (SW Missouri) photo, 1910 - 1915.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[hatophile]

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It IS the "Show Me State".

 

[carouselvic]

Sept 30, 1942
Detroit, MI

“The hats of neighborhood men enlisted in the armed services [hang] above the bar at the Kenwood Bar in Detroit.”

 

[BobHufford]

The road does look better than the one I live on.

 

[RBH]

Men working on the railroad near Lufkin Texas, 1939.

This photo was taken by Russell Lee.
The Library of Congress.


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[Woodtroll]

Men working on the railroad near Lufkin Texas, 1939.

This photo was taken by Russell Lee.
The Library of Congress.


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Interesting that even in 1939, those crossties look to be hand-hewn rather than sawn in a mill. Neat photo, thank you!

 

[Michael A]

From today's Guardian newspaper

San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala
Candles with images of the folk saint Maximón burn inside a church on his feast day. Maximón is worshipped by Mayans in the highlands of western Guatemala. He is portrayed as a human character who likes alcohol and cigarettes
Photograph: Moisés Castillo/AP

And he wears a hat.

Michael

 

[tropicalbob]

Hey, what with the Campdraft and his personal preferences, I believe the time for my deification is at hand.

 

[BobHufford]

Happy Halloween everyone.

 

[hatophile]

Happy Halloween everyone.

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They must not have gotten much candy, they don't look so happy.

 

[Frunobulax]

They must not have gotten much candy, they don't look so happy.

Tummy aches.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Happy Halloween everyone.

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The one on the far right is clearly a matador.
Why is the jester wearing pepperoni pants?
And what's up with the gigantic diaper pin?

 

[BobHufford]

That clown looks familiar...

 

[Cornelius]

Sewer construction at the 95th Street Pumping station located on Baltimore Ave. just south of 95th Street in Chicago, June 1924.

 

[Frunobulax]

And what's up with the gigantic diaper pin?

Early *** ******s fan.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Early *** ******s fan.

When I posted that about the diaper pin I figured there would be some newbies born in the paper diaper era who would ask what's a diaper pin?

 

[hatophile]

The one on the far right is clearly a matador.
Why is the jester wearing pepperoni pants?
And what's up with the gigantic diaper pin?

I thought that guy on the right might be a Gaucho.

 

[BobHufford]

“Snake River Land Company Crew”, Jackson Hole, WY. 1930s.

 

[RBH]

Texas ranch hand circa 1880s.

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