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OL' DIZ -- AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL

His English was fast and loose but his fastball was faster. There was only one Dizzy Dean.

HEROESThe AtticMarch 27, 2024Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball, Gashouse Gang, The Depression Comments

STEINBECK AND "THE HARVEST GYPSIES"

When Dust Bowl refugees came to California, a newspaper sent a novelist to tell the story.

REBELS, BOOK-ISHThe AtticAugust 17, 2023John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath, The 1930s, The Depression, Migrant labor, The Dust Bowl, The Harvest Gypsies, Dorothea Lange Comment

THE PINPOINT PRECISION OF LIGHT

Photography was losing its focus when Ansel Adams and friends founded Group f/64. And blew us all away.

ART-ISHBruce WatsonFebruary 23, 2023Group f/64, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Photography, The Depression, The West Comment