September 13, 2009

jitterbugging in a juke joint on Saturday afternoon


I will never in my life be as cool as that man is right there. But what the fuck is up with that cop?

Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta
1939, photographer Marion Post Wolcott
from Library of Congress

10 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

No on earth is as cool as that man. I believe the cop must be his body guard.

That Hank said...

Well, it'd be nice to think so.

Verdant Earl said...

Maybe he was just getting off duty and he wanted to check out what cool was.

Probably not.

Steph(anie) said...

The cop is the only one looking at the camera, and no one is looking at him. Makes me think of the devil in O Brother Where Art Thou

That Hank said...

The more I look at this picture, the more I like it.

honeyluna said...

I want to know what that lady is doing with her hands, they all seem to be watching her hands!

May said...

Maybe the person taking the picture is another cop and they are documenting how cool they are. Or maaaaaybe the cop taking the picture is doing it just to get a photo of that lady's fantastic ass and the other cop is in on it.

That Hank said...

I think they're all watching her hips. Except the cop, who is watching Ms. Wolcott. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Post_Wolcott

May said...

Oh. Ms. Wolcott. Not a cop.

That Hank said...

Yep. I admit, that was pretty much my gut thought.