Settin’ On The Stoop

Walter Duplantis and daughter Clara Ann, Louisiana 1947 from
Walter Duplantis and daughter Clara Ann, Louisiana 1947

Whether it’s a father-daughter moment like the one above, or a soldier on leave from WWII, the general store porch stoop offered a place to socialize (and a place for barefoot girls to sit).

Brown Summit, North Carolina 1944
Brown Summit, North Carolina 1944

What You Talkin’ ‘Bout, Easter Bunny?

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Check out these basket-toting cuties during an Easter egg hunt, and the boy’s priceless expression. That suspicious gaze brought to mind shades of Arnold Jackson from Diff’rent Strokes–except in much more fashion forward overalls.