Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene Co., Ga. (LOC)

even from the back these hats look lovely...

Coming apart at the seams . . .

rated @ 1 horsepower =)

Fourth person, in light-colored hat.

More likely; a Mule

I gotta make some water!

That is why film is far superior to digital.

McDonalds, 2 miles ahead

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene Co., Ga. (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Delano, Jack,, 1914-, photographer.

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene Co., Ga.

1941 May

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Carriages & coaches
African Americans
Country life
United States--Georgia--Greene County

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-10 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a33874

Call Number: LC-USF35-91

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Comments

bosetsu says:

Just a few miles down the road from here. The land still looks much like this, but with more trees. It's odd to see such an old photo that (other than the horse and buggy) could've been taken yesterday on just about any rural road a few miles from here.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

meateor says:

It's a shame there are JPG compression artifacts on these photos. And maybe some unsharp mask artifacts as well? Hey government worker, wake up.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Mjr. Phule says:

Check the Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a33874 for the link to the original LOC page for this. From there you can get the 42MB TIFF if you really feel the quality of this isn't up to snuff.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

dentist_tx says:

Thank you so much for engaging the Library of Congress in the new age of photo sharing. It is much appreciated by this citizen and I'm sure by many others. The LOC is one of the few stops in Washington I have yet to visit, and this gives me a window into what I've been missing. I can't wait to see the real thing next time I'm in DC.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

roderickbodine says:

There is no sense of motion in the photo. The cart appears to be stopped. Perhaps for photographic reasons?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Dougs2007 says:

nice sharp photograph
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

m-oo says:

I like that there is no motion. When I first saw the photo, I had a feeling of stopping time - not just in a photography sense, but in a completely surreal way.

Also, it looks like a jockey on the left...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

ammodramus88 says:

The colors of the clothing on the folks in the cart are interesting: orange to purple to black. Plus the colors of a beautiful spring day.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

tofu_minx says:

the warm sun hits their attire...
illuminating the beautiful colors from dyed hemp ..
a careless trip to the city it was...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

ericeberg says:

i'm from greene county, and like bosetsu said, it mostly looks the same to this day. there is beautiful country there.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

slowlyberserk1 says:

Whoever decided to do this with the Library of Congress' pictures is amazing and deserves a chunky pay rise. I visited the Library of Congress from London and joined. Great staff, amazing place, it sounds ludicrous, but I think it's one of the wonders of the world.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

tsevis says:

Great photo!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

Same trio different day?

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/217 8272341/
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Jean Knowles says:

There are four people in the wagon -- two in the front and two in the rear seat. The hat of the fourth person is just visible between the two figures on the right. They are the same four, in the same outfits, as shown in the link above.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

They are!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

EricBronson. says:

Have a nice day!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

rusewcrazy says:

This is wonderful. I love this peek into their lives, the colors of the outfits, the hats, the carriage. Awesome project!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

pleroma says:

Yes - me too - but I have a slightly uncomfortable sense of being a voyeur!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

SeLuSaVa says:

Awesome! Great shot! Very nice!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Laura Mae Noble says:

Maybe the cart isn't moving because they are pulled over to the side of the road, waiting for a car to pass. Notice that the road is paved. It could have been a racial disparity, where blacks still drove mule-pulled buggies, because they couldn't afford cars.. or it could just be that this particular family still traveled that way by choice. In any case, I doubt the photo was staged, or that they were stopping for photographic reasons. It looks like a simple act of highway courtesy, because they were moving slowly.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

RedBlueBlurrr says:

classic shot! like it!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Cem Arslan Photography says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Foto Roman, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Muddy LaBoue says:

My mother is 81 years old. She remembers very well traveling by horse & buggy, though she also remembers sitting on the rumble seat of an automobile as a toddler at her father's funeral in the mid- to late- 1920's. How the world has changed!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Adriano Aquino OLD [deleted] says:

Great job! Congratulations! I wanted that there was a work in Brazil like that one that you are doing, putting his photos here in the Flickr.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

carbonated says:

I just realized that this photograph is on the cover of the Spring 2007 issue of The Southern Literary Journal--not in color, though. Sepia-toned black and white; boy did they miss out.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

rjones0856 says:

1 minor note: that's not a buggy, it's a basic buckboard work wagon.
The plank seats across the top are removable for hauling stuff during the week. More versatile than a buggy, and a lot less comfortable.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

rjones0856: Thanks for your comment. We'll fix the subject descriptor in our source record and reload the description.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

getafacap says:

q buena foto
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

zyrcster says:

This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Black History across the Commons - Part 2

Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

R1CARD0 says:

fascinating
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Duque2009 says:

Most beautiful! Great site this one !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

nicoletozier says:

im so confussed are these pictures actually from the 30's and 40's or did you take them and put them in a setting??
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

kchi (LOC P&P) says:

nicoletozier: This photograph was taken in May 1941.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

isol2 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The best moment., and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Muy bonito documento
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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