The Line's Busy

The Line's Busy

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

The Line's Busy

July 30, 1949
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/8 × 6 9/16 in. (20.6 × 16.6 cm)
Paper: 9 × 7 3/16 in. (22.9 × 18.2 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions Inscribed in black marker on applied label, TR: Gags.
Printed on applied label attached at verso: 558 C \ Associated Press Photo From New York \ Caution: Use Credit \ THE LINE'S BUSY \ Don Morris, 17, Lineman for a rural \ electrification administration project, \ mops his brow as he collects an audience of \ early arrivals for the national nudist \ convention in the mountains near Denver, Colo. \ The foreman of the linemen says his men are \ having trouble keeping their minds on their \ work. Members of the American Sunbathing \ Association commented that the "minute we \ decided to hold a convention, some electric \ company decided to string wire." The con- \ vention opens next week, but nudists \ are arriving daily at the campsite in \ Deer Creek canyon. \ Associated Press Photo \ GFR 1035 PEDT 7.30.49 DXPOST 31 \ EAST ABC (DX OUT) TMC WW LON PARIS
Stamped on verso, RC: NOTICE \ This picture is the property of the The Associated \ Press and may be used only for the purposes of \ reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may \ not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for \ advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. \ The following credit must be printed under \ each reproduction of this picture: \ ASSOCIATED PRESS \ NEWSPHOTO
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