Those Places Thursday: "Loafers Wall," Batesville, 1936

[dee_burris]

The FSA captioned this one - a bunch of men hanging outside the Batesville Courthouse in Independence Co., AR.


Photo from the FSA collection of the Library of Congress

Comments

Canes & Kickers

[(Anonymous)]

Am loving this photo. You surely have an eye for em.
Thanks Jenniesue

[(Anonymous)]

This photo offers me so many lines of thinking. Were they farmers? Was this taken during the depression? If they were farmers, was it just before harvest time? Was it a Saturday afternoon and the farmers of the community usually gathered around the courthouse for an afternoon visit? Were they there for a court hearing? Were they waiting the outcome of a trial? I wish I could get answers to my questions!
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me

[dee_burris]

Well , there is one answer - it was 1936, right in the heart of the depression.