Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administration project (LOC)
Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-, photographer.

The Library of Congress is uploading pictures to flickr! There’s a set of early color photos from the 1930s and ’40s and they’re gorgeous.

Look, there’s Copper Hill, Tenn., where I took a day trip on a train as a child. Nothing grew there — no trees, no grass — on account of the mining and sulfuric acid. It was like being on Mars only we were still in Tennessee.

Circus girlies! I just read Water For Elephants and there was a “coochie” tent in that too.

I’m still going through these photos — there’s too much to see and I want to enjoy them bite by bite. They’re intense and I’m enjoying them immensely. Also: Rosie the riveter! Check out her manicure. Yes!