October 13, 2009

Women in a Publix grocery store


This picture makes me nervous. Is it sexual? Cultish? Alien? I feel like the Indian woman is saying, "You're right. I understand now why you have filled your cart with these turnip bunches. It all makes so much sense."

Tallahassee, Florida
1971
from The State Library and Archives of Florida

5 comments:

Steph(anie) said...

"See how much better America is than wherever it is you come from."

Ms. Moon said...

Nah. It's all about, "See how nice and round and firm this turnip is?"
"Yes, yes, I see. Let me feel it again."

That Hank said...

See? So ambiguous.

white rabbit said...

The trolley is bloody huge.

You could invade somewhere in that...

That Hank said...

I think it might be a forced perspective issue and both buggies are the same size.