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April 1937. "Buttermilk Junction, Martin County, Indiana." Fill 'er up with Ethyl and Acidophilus. Medium-format nitrate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
If I'm not mistaken, the façade of what is undoubtedly a balloon-frame building is composed of "rock-faced" concrete block, which would date the structure's origin to no earlier time than 1900, when such block were first beginning to be introduced.
[Looks like sculptured tin siding. -tterrace]
I contacted the Martin County Historical Society, and here's what they found:
I did some research today on "Buttermilk Junction." As I stated before, we had never heard of it. I found an old photo in one of our books & it was called "The McNab Store" - now the site of Building 101 on the Crane Naval Depot. Our book does not mention it going by any other name.
Jane Marshall/Secretary
Martin Co. Historical Society
on a map today. I'm sure all existing buildings, etc. were bulldozed in about 1940/41 when the Crane Naval Base (actually, its predecessor, the Naval Ammunition Depot) was built here.
Watch out for that first step "It's a doozie"
Yazoo Records used this photo on the cover of a blues compilation LP, Lonesome Roads Blues. Interestingly, they used it for songs from the Mississippi Delta.
but there isn't much holding up that porch roof and the three 2x4's being asked to do the job are looking a bit tired!
but my bones denounce the buckboard bounce, and yes, the cactus does hurt my toes, but I don't see any here so I'll let that slide.
The station wagon in the middle looks to be about two horsepower.
It still needs Percy Kilbride.
1880s version of the pickup truck -- "Hey I need to move some stuff, can I borrow your buckboard?"
Horsedrawn wagon, combustion engines, gas and chickens. Would love to find this spot on a current map.
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