Category: The Sunday porch

The Sunday porch: up for the winter

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Winter prep, Kansas porch, J. Vachon, LoCMayetta, Kansas, November 1940, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Winter prep 2, Kansas porch, J. Vachon, LoCVery pretty woodwork.

I’m wondering if the old boxspring was put to a new use and, if so, for what?

The Sunday porch: Woodbine, Iowa

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Woodbine, Iowa, house, 1940, J. Vachon, Library of Congress“Residence, Woodbine, Iowa,” 1940, by John Vachon,  via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Note the ornamental flourish under the window on the right.

The Sunday porch: extended family

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Self and dog family, via MDAH“Self and Dog family. Mrs. D’s house,” between 1880 and 1891, photographer unknown, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, via Mississippi Department of Archives and History Commons on flickr.

How long do you think it took them to get all seven dogs in the picture?

The Sunday porch: rain in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1941, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The Sunday porch: work space

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Porch and chair w/ tatted cover and tatting tools, L. Rosskam, Library of Congress, 1940“Chair with tatted cover and tatting tools. Middlebury, Vermont,” July 1940, by Louise Rosskam, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.