November Theme Day: Fences

This little beauty, bootlegger Roy Taylor, was captured and put behind bars, 

arrested on December 9,1920 for distilling moonshine. It was during the time of Prohibition and three Indianapolis police officers had raided a farm just outside the city, where they confiscated a large still, thirty-eight gallons of "white mule" whiskey, one gallon of malt, fifteen pounds of flour, 

a hundred pounds of corn sugar, and two hundred gallons of mash.

Taylor later pleaded guilty to operating an illegal saloon, was fined $100,

and sentenced to serve 120 days at the Indiana State Penal Farm.

Mr. Taylor, who is otherwise unemployed, distilled the whiskey

as a way to earn money to support his family.* 

These photos were taken at the Indiana Historical Society exhibit, 

You Are There 1920: Busted! Prohibition Enforced, 

which is a recreation of the Indianapolis police headquarters

on the day they raided the farm at New Bethel, Indiana.

The exhibit explains how Prohibition resulted, in part, from an attitude of xenophobia and "nativism" which blamed immigrants, primarily

Germans, Irish and Scots for many of the crimes and 

social concerns of the day -- high unemployment, urban decay,

 health problems, delinquency and moral decline.

The exhibition asks visitors to draw comparisions with our attitudes

towards immigrants a hundred years ago and the manner in which

the same issues are addressed today.

*Information for this item was taken from 

Lesson Plans: Prohibition Undertones, a publication of the 

Indiana Historical Society, 2011

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Theme Day: Mystery Object

Hmmm, theme day comin' up. Topic: Mystery Object. 

Shall I post something I find to be mysterious? 

Or just enlarge an image until it's unrecognizable?

Here is it's info from a collectors' website:
"The No. 42 is a double petticoat type, with a long, smooth leakage path 
on the inner petticoat. It sits close to the cross-arm, thus giving the pin protection against rain splash. Its threads are accurately formed 
for a tight grip on the pin. The wire groove is a modern square type shown in Spec. 1-A-33 of the Association of American Railroads, and is accepted as standard for most telephone construction."


Hell, I just think they're pretty and have been fascinated by them
since childhood, when I first noticed them atop telephone poles.
Now I have three of my very own.


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July 2011 Theme Day: Green

It's no surprise that the conservation movements use the color green as the touchstone of their campaigns. It keeps us cool as we lounge beneath the trees, lie on grassy lawns, gaze at the flowers or eat the leaves.

The little flower above provides ground cover on a neighbor's yard, while the fern is used as a decorative edging along another. I loved the accent the purple flower created, and the way the sun filtered through the fronds and cast shadows in the second. Besides, they are so green, I took their pictures a few weeks ago, hoping I would be able to use them today.

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