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September 1941. "By the Pacific Ocean. Seaside, Oregon." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Was Ed coaching the photographer, or did this shot lodge itself in his mental trunk of painterly images?
These folks appear to be sitting on Seaside's Promenade in the only area with curved railings, the Turnaround. The Prom was built in 1921, so at 101 she looks good but has had some work: the railing cement looks different so it was renovated or replaced, and the lamps look old, but aren't the originals.
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