AA-2026-5A9B78
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A woman in a tailored brown jacket and white boots crouches, extending a small offering to a squirrel. This was the 1970s, an era when one's park attire often included a certain level of structured formality, even for spontaneous wildlife encounters.
The squirrel, a creature entirely unconcerned with fashion trends, approaches the outstretched hand with the careful calculation of a small, furry economist. It has correctly assessed that humans sometimes offer food, and other times merely offer disappointment.
Such direct interactions with wild animals were a common form of public entertainment, before widespread understanding of zoonotic diseases or the general wisdom of not attracting pests. It was a simpler time for human-animal relations, if not for boots.
The historian's note
This scene depicts a woman interacting with a squirrel, captured during the 1970s. It reflects a prevalent casual attitude towards feeding wild animals in public spaces during this period.
The fashion worn by the woman, particularly the brown tailored jacket and white boots, is characteristic of 1970s civilian attire. Such interactions, while seemingly innocuous, could lead to issues like increased animal dependency on human food sources and potential disease transmission.
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Woman feeding a squirrel, 1970s. 1970–1979. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-5A9B78. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/woman-feeding-a-squirrel-1970s.
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year = {1970–1979},
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note = {Accession AA-2026-5A9B78},
url = {https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/woman-feeding-a-squirrel-1970s}
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