Store - Picking out a soda 1938 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
Store - Picking out a soda 1938 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1938, Oct
Original title: Icing soft drink refrigerator in general store.
Photographer: Russell Lee
Location: South of Altheimer, AR, Lake Dick
It's nice to know they have ice cold drinks inside, but it must have been a real bummer to have to jab an ice pick into it. I do wonder how many hit the bottle followed by their thigh? But it looks like they are having a good time doing it.
I learned trivia on this one. That in these depression years, candy was nutritious, or at least the packaging claimed that. Hershey bars would say its a good source of nutrition. And that Baby Ruth bar on the far left top shelf in the cabinet, says it is a good source of energy. Then goes on to convince people that it has Dextrose, a good source of quick energy... It's sugar, always was and still is. But weirdly leaves out the protein in the nuts. Which is weird. That's what they should be pushing here. That's what makes it healthy.
I have no idea what those orange things are in the lower left. They look like chopped up mozzarella sticks. While looking for candy, I did come across something called Butterfinger bites which kind of looked like those. So I made them orange. Whatever they are, its unsanitary.
One would think someone would have kept their Gay black shoe polish, but no one did. I was able to find some of that Shinola stuff but not that box. I was able to find that roll your own cigarette. Usually I'll have a 40-50% success rate finding these things.
The location is a place called Lake Dick. I don't know how it got its name, but I did look it up, and all I can say is, I assume its based off its shape. (sorry for those that live next to it, but I did laugh when I saw it). All the stores and such are gone, there are a few houses left though.
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