Argentine Dream
SOMEWHERE EAST OF COLBY, KANSAS, WHERE THE FARM ROADS ARE NUMBERED AS WELL AS lettered, a family of three stopped for lunch at a small café and posed for a couple of pictures. Altogether a fairly typical scene, save for the fact that they drove from Argentina and likely had more than the American heartland to see before they headed back.
Other than the make of the family’s car (a Lincoln), the details of the family’s trip — their itinerary, the time period, even their names — are lost to history. The photos, however, remain, but even their provenance is murky. All Jim Meister of St. Joseph, Michigan, could tell us was that a friend gave them to him many years ago. The backs of the photos give…
