Compositional frustration
Sometimes, you just can't make reality match your imagination. I ended up here, instead.
This black No. 1A Pocket Kodak Autographic was likely made between 1926 and 1929. It was acquired by my grandmother before the great depression. I remember her saying one thing about the greatest generation during the depression: "Roosevelt saved us." Before the social security act of 1935 established welfare nationally, her state (Oklahoma) had a rudimentary program to "assist the poor and needy". She mentioned an elderly acquaintance who could not repair or even paint damaged spots in her house because an inspector might determine she was too well off to deserve the meager assistance to avoid starvation. It wasn't until then that I understood those silent comedies in which the characters hide paintings and nice furniture (by flipping it through hidden doors) to appear poor for a visiting government official. It is worth remembering that these state mandated programs failed completely at the onset of the great depression, and might not have been replaced without federal action.
Compositional frustration
Sometimes, you just can't make reality match your imagination. I ended up here, instead.
This black No. 1A Pocket Kodak Autographic was likely made between 1926 and 1929. It was acquired by my grandmother before the great depression. I remember her saying one thing about the greatest generation during the depression: "Roosevelt saved us." Before the social security act of 1935 established welfare nationally, her state (Oklahoma) had a rudimentary program to "assist the poor and needy". She mentioned an elderly acquaintance who could not repair or even paint damaged spots in her house because an inspector might determine she was too well off to deserve the meager assistance to avoid starvation. It wasn't until then that I understood those silent comedies in which the characters hide paintings and nice furniture (by flipping it through hidden doors) to appear poor for a visiting government official. It is worth remembering that these state mandated programs failed completely at the onset of the great depression, and might not have been replaced without federal action.