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PILGRIM PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

My oldest son is a resident in a group home here on Long Island. Our family, including my son, have covered all the bases over many decades from various group homes run by different agencies, to out of state residences, to numerous psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, hospitalizations and medications. There is no magic pill. One of the most difficult days of my life was when we left my son in an out of state residential setting for individuals with his diagnosis and drove away while watching him in the rear view mirror. He was just a teenager at the time, and spent three years in that setting. He has a dual diagnosis and as such falls between the cracks, neither wholly an MR patient nor an MH patient, and so he is aware of his condition. It is a constant battle to lessen his anxieties, but we cannot give up. This brings us to a decision that many parents have trouble accepting.

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Early Voting - 2020 Presidential Election

EARLY VOTING – 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

A motivated electorate to be sure. First time for early voting in New York. I arrived at the polling place at 8:45 A. M., and I was finished at 12:15 P. M. Not bad considering that I estimated about 700 people in line ahead of me when I arrived. Poll opened at 10:00 A. M. Part of the delay was due to the fact that voters had to register on one of only two computers before receiving a ballot. When I left there must have been 3000 people on the line. As the polls close at 3 P. M. many of these people will not get to vote today. Early voting runs all week.

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Newspaper may be reporting on the Battle of Chateau-Thierry (July 1918). Note how the poodle is shedding. Date is approximate; true date unknown.

FOR THOSE THEY LEFT BEHIND

War! It’s always the same. Men go off to fight and their women stay home and worry and weep. We present “War Extra!!“; U.S. c.1918. Research indicates that the newspaper is reporting on the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in July 1918. Note the shedding of the poodle. This classic image has perfect natural lighting.

Pennsylvania (May 15, 1937)

A VERY SPECIAL LADY

This photo would be typical of those taken from the Farm Security Administration’s collection in the Library of Congress in our opinion. But it does not come from their collection. She belongs to DPI. Moreover, I would argue that this style is similar to that of Russell Lee, one of the great FSA photographers from the 1930s. For us to add this image to our collection was a no-brainer.

 

“Amish Woman With A Washtub“; Pennsylvania (May 15, 1937).

The Manhattanite

THE MANHATTANITE

In the midst of the Great Depression this woman prizes her two dogs. She seems economically untouched by the despair in the land. I think that many of us have seen some people take better care of their pets than their children. Lucky dogs!