At the Fair (III): Jockey Street/Juke Joint

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Mountaineers and farmers trading horses and mules on "Jockey Street", Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky
: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1940 (Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)

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Mountaineers and farmers trading horses and mules on "Jockey Street", Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1940 (Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)

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Mountaineers and farmers trading horses and mules on "Jockey Street", Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1940 (Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)




A fair exchange ought to happen under the plain light of day. When the transaction has been done, not all will have received due recompense. Some will have been made less whole than others, some will have been less satisfied. Some, too, will have come to the fair and been turned away.



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Living quarters and "juke joint" for migratory workers, slack season, Belle Glade, Florida: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, February 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)

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Migratory workers by "juke joint", Belle Glade, Florida: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, February 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)

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Cross roads store, "juke joint" and gas station, Melrose, Louisiana: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, June 1940 (Farm Security Administration Library of Congress)