Migrant woman from Arkansas living in contractor’s camp near Westley, California. She would prefer to live in a government camp, but the contractor system prevents, because of control over allocations of work; photo by Dorothea Lange, April 1939.
Library of Congress image.
North Platte, Nebraska (April 1967)It’s snowing outside while I’m in Phys. Ed. class — abnormally heavy, abnormally wet and abnormally late snow for western Nebraska.
I take my turn on the trampoline….. bounce…. bounce…. bounce. Higher and higher, cuz that’s all I ever really do…. bounce…. no big tricks…. land on feet, bottom, back or front…. just bounce…
…… and the lights go out while I’m in the air!!!
That’s the only time I remember losing power in Nebraska and also the only time I remember school closed early due to weather. We had 9 inches of heavy late season snow…. and there were no school buses for kids that lived in town.
Fortunately, our house was only four blocks away — and had enough trampoline experience to be able to stop my “bouncing” when the gym got dark.
I had just turned 15 and would soon be moving to Texas.
This post was originally a comment I left on Cheerful Monk’s post, I’m Not the Only One.
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Three from the Road – no. 10
Wisconsin’s Devils Island is one of the 22 Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. It has also been known as Louisiana Island, Barney and Lamborn’s Island, Brownstone Island, and Rabbit Island. The highest point on the island is 50 feet above the nominal level of Lake Superior. Dramatic rock formations and sea caves along the northern shore are a popular attraction. Part of the Apostle Island National Lakeshore, Devils Island is uninhabited.
During periods of high surf on Lake Superior, waves thunder and boom through the caves, the sound travel well away from the shoreline.
Devils Island Light is staffed by volunteer rangers during the summer, providing tours of the light tower and the light keeper’s quarters. The lighthouse contains a 3rd order fresnel lens and is the only one of the five Apostle Island lighthouses to have an original lens.
We took a tour of the Apostle Islands by boat in September. The tour did not stop at any of the islands.
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Article source reference: Wikipedia
Three from the Road – no. 9
After visiting the Grand Canyon in October, 2011, we were heading towards Carlsbad, with several stops along the way. The first was Petrified Forest National Park.
Located in northeastern Arizona, the park includes about 146 square miles (380 km2) semi-desert shrub steppe and highly eroded, colorful badlands – part of the Painted Desert. The Petrified Forest is known for fossils, especially the fossils of fallen trees from about 225 million years ago during the Late Triassic. During the Late Triassic, downed trees accumulating in river channels in what became the park were buried periodically by sediment containing volcanic ash. Groundwater dissolved silica (silicon dioxide) from the ash and carried it into the logs, where it formed quartz crystals that gradually replaced the organic matter. Traces of iron oxide and other substances combined with the silica to create varied colors in the petrified wood.1
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Petrified Forest National Park
Painted Desert
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Girl with Cat
by Nickolas Muray
Parents Magazine, ca. 1945
George Eastman House
Child Looking at Santa on the Beach – 1964
Florida Memory on The Commons (Flickr)
State Library and Archives of Florida
Victorian Christmas Card
Nova Scotia Archives on The Commons (Flickr)
No known copyright restrictions on any of these images.
Three from the Road – no. 8
Our September 2007 detour to Lewistown, Montana was to get set up with a satellite Internet system to use with our fifth wheel camper when we traveled. The dealer we were buying from had an extra RV spot at his house which let us use while he custom fit our new system. We actually ended up staying a couple of days longer than we planned. The annual Chokecherry Festival occurred while we were there as did the What the Hay hay art contest.
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“What the Hay” is now also called the “Montana Bale Trail.”
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Eerste Wereldoorlog, Kerst in loopgraaf
First World War, Christmas in trench (Google translate)
Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands on The Commons (Flickr)
The Great War. Christmas during the First World War: German soldiers in a trench, with parcels, little Christmas tree and ‘angel’s hair’ of cotton wool. 1915. Location unknown.
Victorian Christmas Card
Nova Scotia Archives on The Commons (Flickr)
Santa Claus picking oranges – 1965.
Florida Memory on The Commons (Flickr)
State Library and Archives of Florida
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Load of Xmas trees, N.Y. Bain News Service, publisher, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915 U.S. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Night Before Christmas by Nickolas Muray McCall Magazine, 1939 George Eastman House
George Eastman House, an independent nonprofit museum, is an educational institution that tells the story of photography and motion pictures—media that have changed and continue to change our perception of the world.
Victorian Christmas Card Nova Scotia Archives on The Commons (Flickr)
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Three from the Road – no. 7
During our September 2013 trip, we camped at Minnesota’s Upper Sioux Agency State Park in the Yellow Medicine River Campground. The park landscape encompasses grasslands, wetlands, woods, open prairie knolls, old fields, and meadows and includes the historic site of the Upper Sioux or Yellow Medicine Agency.
The campground has 34 developed sites, 12 with 30 amp electrical and 2 with 50 amp. There also 3 walk-in site along the Yellow Medicine River. Three 18-foot diameter canvas tipis are available.
The Upper Sioux Agency Horserider Campground has 45 sites and there are 6 sites available in the Riverside campground in a mowed area without specific campsite demarcation.
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