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12-JUL-2006

Snow Cap Drive-in, Selgiman, Arizona, 2006

The Snow Cap is a Seligman institution. It is surrounded by outbuildings, decorated with paintings of snow cones, its windows filled with advertisements. This wall speaks of the implied pleasures of a Northern Arizona summer -- refreshment and entertainment. Yet the paint incongruously flakes on the window frame, and the faded people in the pictures are constrained under glass. This dream might be beyond our grasp.

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Phil Douglis29-Aug-2006 17:38
Your imagination has made this image even more incongruous, Larry. Thanks.
Guest 29-Aug-2006 14:14
Until I read the caption and read what was being photographed, I saw a giant tongue of flame rising next to the window...LOL! Exactly the opposite of what the painter was trying to convey...an icy cold frozen treat! And the colors (bright orange and incandescent yellow) are hardly appetizing!
Phil Douglis15-Aug-2006 23:54
The bad news is that your hunch is right, Rodney. There is nothing cold in this place. It has long since seen its best days. The good news is that this old building is part of a larger complex of buildings. One of which is still very much in business -- the original Snow Cap itself. It had a line ten people deep at its window. And many snowcones to choose from. Glad we had the same feelings on this one, Rodney.
Guest 15-Aug-2006 22:55
It's pretty rare I see things as you do, but this is a time we are defintely eye to eye! The color of the building spoke to me of location. Immediately I thouht of how hot it must be, and how great an ice cold item would be. But, I then saw the faded nature of the poster, adn the fading paint of the snowcone... I felt let down (as if "man, I hope I can find another place to get something cold!") :)
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