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By: Library of Congress photo archive » Gator In The Desert

Library of Congress photo archive » Gator In The Desert — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:16:00 +0000

[...] Radley Balko @ The Agitator posted about a photo the Library of Congress had digitized and posted on Flikr. [...]

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:47:35 +0000

Hires root beer, but no Barqs?

By: Yizmo Gizmo

Yizmo Gizmo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:27:06 +0000

I think that’s the place Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda pulled into for gas just before they got offed.

By: Radley Balko

Radley Balko — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:39:24 +0000

If the 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933, how could a storefront in 1930 be advertising whiskey and beer?

Typo on my part. Photo is from 1939. Fixing now.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:25:48 +0000

If the 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933, how could a storefront in 1930 be advertising whiskey and beer? Must be some holes in my understanding of the history of prohibition.

By: Dr Duck

Dr Duck — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:19:03 +0000

Looks exactly as I picture the rural places that Dave Robicheaux would visit. Long-neck Jax, a plate of boudin, a beignet to finish. Maybe even a little wine spotioti…

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:07:46 +0000

Looks like that scene from Cool Hand Luke where he is running from the bloodhounds and puts the pepper on the ground to throw them off.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:06:44 +0000

Your tax dollars at work.

By: Tim C

Tim C — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:52:33 +0000

Ha, I’ve actually HAD Jax beer. Tasted like it was made with Mississippi water, IIRC!

By: A. Jorgensen

A. Jorgensen — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:51:34 +0000

Decent book, familiar cover: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393076520/theagitator-20/