Lucas Horizontal

Lucas Horizontal

This image shows Robert Henry Clay

He was a character

While hanging out at the Pettway lounge (the only business of any kind in Gee's Bend) I struck up a conversation with a man who actually grew up in this particular house and gave me the history of the 12 foot room

After seeing the image for the first time I felt an instant connection to it

He has the most amazing shoes

after seeing Jerry here standing there at the stop sign I pulled over to ask for some direction

I was on my way to Gee's Bend and was a little lost

How many times does that happen

in one of the remaining Roosevelt Project houses from the 1930's

When the houses were first built for the descendants of the Gee's Bend slaves the government figure out that the tiny houses were too small for the large families that occupied them

This photo was taken from highway 32 crossing the Flint River in Lee County

but out of respect I changed it