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Wheat! But only the gilded kind.
Ketchup! But really this is more about pre-historic murals and large sculpture.
Cigars! No doubt this was downwind of the health pavilion.
There are plenty of mixed messages in a fair this size. You can see a few of them in today’s installment. Go here for the latest from the fair. Or you can see them all starting right here.
I worked. I read papers for an upcoming conference. I visited the grocery store. I did laundry. I did work. And none of those things seem especially interesting — I discovered a new flavor of Triscuit! None of those things seem especially worth sharing — I found a typo in an abstract! Everything else seems even more prosaic than usual — the weather has turned mild!
Instead of all that, how about some birds?
That isn’t a Yellowlegs, they aren’t purely white as far as I know, but I don’t know what you call this guy. Let’s say he’s a shore bird, for that’s where I found him: sitting on big rocks, a bit upset that I disturbed him.
Behold the mighty pelican.
And, now, the mighty pelican gets dinner:
Even the history segment is brief today. You know the 1939 World’s Fair section will return tomorrow, but did you know I know someone that attended? Henry did. When I picked up that fair guide in Georgia this summer I thought of him.
I gave that book to him this weekend.
You can hear his reaction on the front page of the fair section, too. Also updated links elsewhere on the site. I’ll spare you the 600 word treatise on that particular chore, too.
You’re welcome.
Tomorrow: class, the paper, the World’s Fair and a bunch more.
Cameras as big as buildings!
Celebrating humanity!
And the age of see-thru avant-garde faces highlighting the mass communications era!
The world was growing up right before disbelieving, wonderous and sometimes horrified eyes. You can see three more images of that progression here.
If you want to start at the beginning, go here.
