Dorothea Lange :: “Member of Ola self help sawmill co-op lives in what was once the ‘Jackknife Saloon.’ This type building is characteristic of early Idaho. The stagecoach used to stop here to change horses and for the refreshment of travellers. This was discontinued in 1914.”

Gem County, Idaho, October 1939.  Medium format nitrate negative .Farm Security Administration. / src: Shorpy

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

William H. Mortensen :: Art study for Selected Quatrains from ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Camera Projections (*)’, 1925.
(*) The photographer’s first book. This hand-bound title was produced by Mortensen while he was designing sets for a mid-1920s production of the Rubaiyat entitled ‘A Lovers Oath’. | src hauntedBYstorytelling