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Getting ready to serve the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Donovan Beeson said:
    www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs.
  • roderickbodine said:
    Looks like the dessert table
  • Brendan said:
    i did a series of paintings from this photo( and other russell lee shots) last summer. not only are these pictures beautiful but they add insight into the hardships of the dustbowl and depression. it is great that the library of congress is doing this.
  • Lú_ said:
    This image has been used in the indicommons.org post Happy First Birthday, Commons — for the pie!

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  • JeffSFO said:
    My girlfriend and I drove through Pie Town, NM, on Rt. 60 on December 29, 2008, which was just before I stumbled across this series of photos. We had just left the VLA Observatory and were on our way to Meteor Crater, AZ and I only managed to get one photo: To be honest, I didn't even know the place existed until seeing it on the map while driving but was thrilled to see these wonderful photos soon after passing through. Plus, I'm happy to actually see pies in the Pie Town photographs!

General Merchandise store, Main Street, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

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Jack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Donovan Beeson said:
    www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs.
  • Brodnax Moore said:
    Great documentary photo!
  • perfgeek said:
    Notice how the walls are lined with cardboard.
  • gregorterri2 said:
    I keep coming back to photo's of homesteader Jack Whinery and his family. Yes the dugout interior walls are covered with cardboard - The dugout itself is made of large logs - Not sure what the roof is. I don't know if Jack dug the space-cut the tree's-hauled the rocks for the 'foundation'-not sure what the roof is made of - or see any bathroom (i'm sure was outdoors. Look at the tenacity/hardness of his face. The mother has a hard worn edge - 5 children-keeping the homestead up not to mention I'll bet she was out in the fields with the children doing their part to help. I also got a sense of community from these photo's. They may not have had "the best" but the children look relatively healthy. They went to school-church-worked-played. It feels like a family unit that worked/played together during extremely tough times. They worked hard and brought the family together to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Wonder if any of the children still survive? Did they stay in the area? Did they grow up and get as far away as they could? Was there more going on in that dugout than what we think we see thru the lens of the camera?Would be fascinating to hear their life story.
  • e lyford said:
    I saw this first at Shorpy. "The House that Jack built" and at that site there is much more information about the family. What a great family shot - poor or not, the family looks healthy and that was an achievement back then.