Musings

From Vermont, 1941

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What’s with the pelican?

Obviously, there’s lots to look at in this September 1941 photograph from the Library of Congress collection taken by Jack Delano in Rutland, Vermont, but my eye returns to the pelican over and over.

Yeah, I get it; s/he traveled with the show, but still I find it confusing to see a pelican in inland New England….