Pie Town Cafe, 1940, Colorized Franklin Roosevelt Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to

Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole was preceded by initial success

with that flick of blue and purple hair

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Pie Town Cafe, 1940, Colorized Franklin Roosevelt Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition toABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Throughout June 1940, FSA photographer Russell Lee stayed in Pie Town, New Mexico, documenting everyday life and the community. The photographs, many of them in genuine colour, have become an iconic series of photographs. It continues to astound me how intensely garish and saturated colours are in the 1940s, particularly in the near ubiquitous advertising for tobacco of various kinds. For this photograph, I had something I