Rosa's photos are mostly inside two old brown photo envelopes. I have no idea how old these are, but looking at the illustration they look to be around the 1930s. Take a look at the camera and clothing in the illustration. An old bellows style camera.
I have no idea what relationship Rosa had with Waukesha Drug Store in Arkansas. Perhaps she was traveling across country with Rodrique on a wonderful vacation and stopped to get some prints made. I do not know if this drug store still exists. I imagine now, if they do, they have one of those little kiosks where you insert your flash card and choose which images to print. Before the prints are even made you already know what the photos look like. Shoot, you now know what they look like a moment after taking them. The long waiting for prints and the joy, or dismay, at what you shot is now gone. Everything is instant. We don't have the patience to wait for anything anymore.
Perhaps this gives us another clue about Rosa. Perhaps her name was Rosa Michel. As usual, I just don't know. There isn't enough information to connect a series of dots.
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