Description:
A black and white photograph of a white, four storied grain elevator with a gable roof. The building is in the center of the image and against a rural backdrop.
Label Text:
"Donaldson's hitch bar would have to go. So would the split elm and the horse trough full of marbles, the old chain swing. Mr. Cole said the horses would soon go too. Cement paving would wear their hooves to the bone, he said. Willie said, for what did horses have shoes? Mr. Cole spit and said some day the paving would go right out of town. It would go to the east first, and then it would go to the west. He said when Willie had kids he'd bet their kids would ride it for miles. And when their kids had kids they'd ride it clear to Omaha. Willie rolled up his sleeve and felt in the horse trough for marbles. What makes you think, Willie said, that I'm goin' in for kids?"
The Inhabitants, 1946
Tags:
agriculture; food; rural; architecture; realism; symmetry Link to share this object record:
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