A man gazes at Lower Spokane Falls in Washington state, around 1930.
This dramatic photo looks like a visual for a Gram Parsons song that went like this:
Now when I feel
My time is almost up
And destiny is in my right hand
I wonder what this man was thinking. Maybe he was making a momentous decision, or struggling with a betrayal. A detective wrestling with a cold case. A man who had reached a sudden, unexpected fork in his path.
Then again, perhaps he only believed he was poised at the edge of destiny, and later realized his life was unchanged.
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It looks surreal! One man standing alone against all the forces of nature. It’s the right place to make a courageous decision.
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Yes! That’s it!
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On top of the building in the background the sign reads Washington Water Power. Above that it reads Electric Light &Power. My first thought is sabotage. Was the man in the hat and trench coat being photographed by someone that was following him? It wasn’t too long before Germany was acting up again.
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That’s an impressive deduction, Judy! With your powers of observation, you could be a legendary detective! 🕵️♀️ and when you put it like that, it’s a sinister looking image!
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It did strike me as sinister when I first looked at it. Living near Hoover Dam tends to make me think in that direction. After 9/11, we drove our grandkids to see the dam. All traffic was stopped and showed identification while the military looked carefully through the car windows to see who and what was in the car. They had rifles, too. That hadn’t happened since WW2.
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Wow… that is amazing to think of, but in a strange small way it’s comforting to know we’ve had terrors in the past and we’ve survived it.
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I immediately thought of Humphrey Bogart, a.k.a. “Sam Spade,” in the “Maltese Falcon” of 1941. Perhaps the photo inspired that character.
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I’ve never seen that movie but this man’s stance, clothes (as far as we can see them), and overall energy is Bogartesque!
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