Category Archives: Pie Town People

I still have 4 pages left. I’m turning them slooowly

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

“What about the time May Potter ran off with Dudd Hart in the middle of the night, and May’s father heard her leave and ran after the couple in the snow to tell them he felt fine about them getting … Continue reading →

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Anachronistic

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

I’ve been thinking that the images of Pie Town reveal a lot of anachronisms. As homesteaders, I get the sense of Little House on the Prairie. But Little House on the Prairie was set in 1870 and 1880–not 1940. We … Continue reading →

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“It was a hard life.”

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

Jean Lee (wife of photographer Russell Lee) of the people of Pie Town: “It was a hard life, but I don’t think they considered it a particularly hard life at the time. There was a lot of self-entertainment there–the forty-two … Continue reading →

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trying to paint Doris Caudill

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

Doris is the reason I was initially interested in Pie Town. I was looking through the Library of Congress collection on Flickr.com when I discovered this photo: What an amazing face she has. This is the face of a woman … Continue reading →

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