Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Dedication or Event, 1940s

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Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Dedication or Event, 1940s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1940–1949

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A line of women in summer dresses stands behind a blue decorative barrier bearing the inscription 'Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun' in gold lettering, the kind of ceremonial object that a civic organisation would have commissioned to mark a permanent dedication. The women wear the carefully chosen print dresses and marcelled waves of the 1930s, suggesting this was a formal occasion requiring appropriate dress rather than a casual gathering. In the background, a concrete structure rises with the institutional solidity of Depression-era public works, the sort of memorial that communities built to venerate their heroes and assure themselves they would be remembered. The women stand at attention with the polite discomfort of people who have been told to line up for the photographer, their expressions suggesting they understand they are participating in something that matters to someone, even if the particular nature of that mattering has already begun to escape them.

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