And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, February 16, 2024
"New Orleans sandwich shop. Orleans Parish, Louisiana." Photographed January 1936 by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration.
I'd never heard of the U.S. Resettlement Administration before, looked it up ... and it was later turned into the Farm Security Administration. I hadn't heard of that one either. It was closed in 1946.. Seems they worked at getting farmers from dust bowl/worn out land to farms that would produce.
noticed the sign for sign for Luzianne coffee, my mother's favorite. Before margarine tubs much less Tupperware, used cans were "field expedient" for many kitchen-workshop storage needs. On childhood bicycle outings, I'd toss a several PB&J sandwiches in a knapsack from the Army-Navy store and set off on a day's exploration - used a Luzianne can as a canteen for iced tea. Pogey Bait was funded by found soda bottles redeemed for 2-cents each at the neighborhood equivalent to "Saul's". Immigrants from the old country, "Sy" and his wife were owner/operator of that corner store. Old flics will take one on long forgotten - if not equally wordy - trips.
Gimme an oyster po' boy.
ReplyDeleteMake it two with a side of fried pickles.
DeleteJpaul
Any idea what part of town, I'm from Algiers
ReplyDeleteAnother failed "New Deal", socialist program.
ReplyDeleteThink they sell poppy seed and onion bagels?
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of the U.S. Resettlement Administration before, looked it up ... and it was later turned into the Farm Security Administration. I hadn't heard of that one either. It was closed in 1946..
ReplyDeleteSeems they worked at getting farmers from dust bowl/worn out land to farms that would produce.
noticed the sign for sign for Luzianne coffee, my mother's favorite.
ReplyDeleteBefore margarine tubs much less Tupperware, used cans were "field expedient" for many kitchen-workshop storage needs. On childhood bicycle outings, I'd toss a several PB&J sandwiches in a knapsack from the Army-Navy store and set off on a day's exploration - used a Luzianne can as a canteen for iced tea. Pogey Bait was funded by found soda bottles redeemed for 2-cents each at the neighborhood equivalent to "Saul's". Immigrants from the old country, "Sy" and his wife were owner/operator of that corner store.
Old flics will take one on long forgotten - if not equally wordy - trips.
Recommended reading - "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" by James Agee w/ Photos by Walker Evans. The Deep South during the Depression.
ReplyDelete"Ain't no money in this town"
ReplyDeletein his day my great uncle the bootlegger (aluminum pitcher on his general store counter) was "the only one in the county with cash".
DeleteI’m from New Orleans and I know that corner. They’re still working on the street.
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