Late afternoon, 1969: Western Pennsylvania, headed west on a Greyhound, on a trip whose purpose I no longer remember. The picture seems to me like a moment poised between past and present, future uncertain.
If I knew the exact spot, I really think I’d go there to see what has happened in 45 years!
Imperial Vienna’s fascination with death and its rituals is reflected in a quirky museum at the city’s Central Cemetery
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November is a great time to get out of the city and hunt for pumpkins and gourds. Stopping at a roadside stand in Lancaster County,
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Imperial Vienna’s fascination with death and its rituals is reflected in a quirky museum at the city’s Central Cemetery
At Sullenberger Aviation Museum in Charlotte, the plane that landed in the Hudson after bird strikes
I never like to take credit for someone else’s work, but in this case I may have done the opposite. By error, this picture originally posted attributed to Walker Evans, but it is my own, and Evans remains one of my deities.
DrF…Pennsylvania is well worth exploring, with its tremendous variation between the coastal plain, the Alleghenies stretching in bands across much of the center, lush rural areas to the south, hardscrabble mining and forests in the northeast…and more.
An interesting thought: rural locations are sometimes hard to place, because although what is common in one area may still exist, even if less usual, in another. Absent something like the lavender of Provence in bloom…sometimes it’s tough!
Sometime in the next few months, by the way, I’ll be revisiting a fascinating part of Pennsylvania’s history with a visit to the state’s chain of museums documenting the anthracite coal industry. Watch for it here!
Looking at the photo, my guess would have been some place in Northern Idaho or Western Montana.
I’d have never thought it was in Western Pennsylvania. Perhaps time I pay the place a visit.