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Main Street, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Donovan Beeson said:
    www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs.
  • Reiko PM said:
    Wow, I love this photograph. The text "Pie Town" on the roof of the General Store, the dirt road and the cafe; the way the family walks along the road spread out, I see an equality in that. I like it that the father is carrying the baby and has not left that responsibility to his wife. I like this "Pie Town" series. The color photography is nice.
  • high reason said:
    www.google.com/maps/@34.2987353,-108.1302395,3a,20.7y,337...

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

from The Library of Congress

  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • 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.

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims ... Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the field with plowing planting, weeding corn and harv

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.
  • perfgeek said:
    Back before Alask and Hawaii were States.
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Photographer Russell Lee: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Lee_(photographer)
  • Rachel @ 2nd Avenue Studio said:
    "helps her husband" do you mean ... works along side her husband in the field, does all the house work and child care alone and still finds time to hand stitch 48 hand embroidered blocks together? astounding! and still we don't know her name, just the name of her husband.
  • Barb said:
    how mad do you think she was when they added Hawaii and Alaska?