Operator Molly with Telephone Maracas Photographed by Alfred Palmer for

Photographed by Alfred Palmer for the WPA in June of 1942

made under the supervision of Miss Lucy Alexander

These images seek to reinvigorate the genius of the Blues and give praise to the pioneering Prometheus-like "thieves' who stole this energetic and powerful expression at the crossroads

Vassar College in "The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation and Aperture Foundation as "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography

Operator Molly with Telephone Maracas Photographed by Alfred Palmer forThis is one of many images of people on the phone I have got access to from my friend Richrd. They are pretty kitchy. What date would you put on this? 1915? More telephone shots to come.