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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

Manes Bridge. Manes, Missouri. c1900. Not sure what's happening ... maybe the grand opening.

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I "get" this guy ...

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carouselvic

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Afton, Greene County, Tennessee, 1941...
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Three men and one woman picking huckleberries using bark baskets. They are, left to right: Rev. Jesse Laws, Mona Roberts, Harmon Roberts, and Tom Faulkner....
Photograph was taken by two unidentified hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Mona and Harmon Roberts were married. The baskets are called mountain berry baskets or hucklebuckets.
Source
Tennessee Department of Conservation


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Rmccamey

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At first glance I thought it was a picture of the Dillards.

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Afton, Greene County, Tennessee, 1941...
Caption
Three men and one woman picking huckleberries using bark baskets. They are, left to right: Rev. Jesse Laws, Mona Roberts, Harmon Roberts, and Tom Faulkner....
Photograph was taken by two unidentified hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Mona and Harmon Roberts were married. The baskets are called mountain berry baskets or hucklebuckets.
Source
Tennessee Department of Conservation


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Location
Nederland
Afton, Greene County, Tennessee, 1941...
Caption
Three men and one woman picking huckleberries using bark baskets. They are, left to right: Rev. Jesse Laws, Mona Roberts, Harmon Roberts, and Tom Faulkner....
Photograph was taken by two unidentified hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Mona and Harmon Roberts were married. The baskets are called mountain berry baskets or hucklebuckets.
Source
Tennessee Department of Conservation


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Ahh, the "good old days" when people couldn't afford shoes. Mind you, these old jeans overalls are probably worth a fortune now.
 
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This photo must have been posted somewhere in/on the Lounge before. Mobsters all covering their faces with their hats to avoid the photographer during the trial of Al Capone.
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Note the secret signal on the dark center-dented hat, third from the right, at approximately 4:30 on the brim.
 
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