Posted by Bruce Berman
Jim and Jimbo Williams, Magdalena, NM , July 10, 2010, ©Bruce Berman
Jim and Jimbo Williams are from Quemado, New Mexico and are ranchers. Jim, left, restored his 1951 International Harvester truck over a ten year period until, “It runs like a top.”
New Mexico, 1940. A time in which
homesteaders still used burros/donkeys as a means of transportation,
Photograph by Russell Lee
Jim Williams’ grandmother, and Jimbo’s great grandmother, Eleanor Heacock (Williams) is the subject of a famous photograph taken by Russell Lee for the FSA, at their Rising Sun Ranch. The Lee photograph depicts Miss Heacock riding a mule in a race.
He and his father Jim are aware of Russell Lee and Jim “treasures the photograph.” The name of their ranch, and where the famous phoitograph was taken, is called the Rising Star Ranch.
The grant that has made this project possible is called The Rising Star Grant.
Whoa.
I have no idea what all that means!
Tags: 1930’s Photography, Farm Security Administration (FSA), New Mexico, Russell Lee, U.S.60