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Diane Putnam

Diane Putnam club

Posted: 26 Jan 2016

Taken: 26 Jan 2016

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Lat, Lng:  42.228624, -121.775778
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Address:  100-298 N Broad St, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 97601

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Okie Joe's

Okie Joe's
"Okie" is a negative, or sometimes affectionate, nickname for someone from Oklahoma. In the old Oregon logging days (1920s-60s) there were quite a few people from Oklahoma who came to work in the woods. People from Arkansas, too, who were of course Arkies. This was probably a bar, but has been vacant for a long time.

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 Léopold
Léopold club
Okie is not pejorative here with this working class shot in the offbeat paths of photographies.
9 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Léopold club
It depends on how it is used!
9 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
So Joe maybe has gone back home....
9 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Gudrun club
Oh, maybe! I tried to find information about this place, but no luck. Danke, Gudrun.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Wonderful old signage, and the stair/fire escape enhances the design.
9 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Many thanks, glad you like it!
9 years ago.
 Peter Van Lom
Peter Van Lom
Okies or Arkies... everything is better than Trumpies ;-)
9 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Peter Van Lom
Hahahahahaaaaa!
9 years ago.
 Bob Taylor
Bob Taylor club
On the West Coast, I think the term is mainly pejorative and during the Depression years was applied sometimes indiscriminately to anyone moving into the area in dire circumstances. Growing up in Oklahoma and moving to California when I was 19, I heard it clearly as a term of condescension or contempt, and this was in the 60s.
9 years ago.

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