Friday, April 11, 2014

15 Southern Pictures 1897 - 1959

May 1913. Randleman, N.C. "Charley Humble. Said he was 10 years old. Has a regular job. Been helping his sister for some months in the Deep River Mills. Mother and sister work. Father deserted." 

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8 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting these photos - Been on the Suwannee and it doesn't look a whole lot different. The ones of Duke Ellington and "Step on a Crack" were very cool.

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    1. I was thinking that the vast majority of those younguns' these days have no idea in the world what Step on a Crack refers to.

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  2. I guess I took it literally - you spurred me to check it out further, and I sure was wrong about that. I guess we can't take much at face value, can we?

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    1. :) I asked Dixie and she said Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Good girl.:)

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  3. Well, that's what I thought it was - are you thinking there is more to it than what Dixie said or just that?

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    1. No, I just thought that younger ones would not have heard it before.

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  4. Some things are just timeless ! )

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