Yesterday’s Buzzyblog post featured a North Carolina country store that Dorothea Lange photographed. After some internetting, I was able to land on the following article about the store Dorothea made famous. (Well, at least in country store circles she did.) I found this great article on the store:
The article that contained these photos and excerpts is worth a read as it describes not only the history of the area and the Baynes Country Store, but also discusses many of the people who started and operated the store (click here.) Plus it has some other great photos worth checking out. For example:
As for Dorothea Lange, to find out more info on her and how she came to photograph such great pictures as she did (click here).
Most every listing of Famous Iconic American Photos will include Dorothea’s Migrant Mother photo which I have previously mentioned here on the Buzzyblog.
Of course, despite how acclaimed and well liked that Migrant Mom may be, you know that I am still most partial to Dorothea’s Country Store photo(s.)
For some reason, I am feeling that some Woody is in order here – even if he doesn’t mention any old country stores: