Among the handful of photos my grandmother Harriet Prettyman gave me in August 2012 were these two curious images. When I asked her about them, she said her father, Clyde Lawson Askew, was a hardworking man who did many different kinds of jobs. One of his jobs, she said, was that of road builder, and these were pictures of a project he had worked on. In fact, she said, she had been told that he’s pictured in both photos, somewhere among the faces. Continue reading
Hit the road, Clyde
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