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"Men of the Docks", 1912

oil on canvas, 114.3 x 161.3 cm

George Bellows (American,1882-1925)

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“Make A Wish (Bronx Slave Market, 170th Street),” 1938.

The people in this photo are at the so-called Bronx Slave Market, a place where African-Americans would wait for white people to choose workers for day-long jobs. Later, the city created an official Day-Work Office for the area.

The Smithsonian notes on its website that the photo “resists condescension by capturing the lighter mood created by the people awaiting work: the standing woman smiles as she looks ahead; the man seems to join her, smiling in her general direction; and the seated woman is immersed in her paper, perhaps scanning the listings for a job."

Photo: Robert McNeil via the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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If anyone ever hires you to bury a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the answer is always NO! This simple but engaging scary story feels fresh and interesting because it doesn’t deal with the usual stuff like: zombies, haunted houses, or masked killers. This also serves as a reminder that you can never be too sure the form evil/horror travels in.