Pretending to Look at the Merchandise at Woolco - December 1973 - Shot on Film

            The kid on the left seemed to be in the store all the time. He wasn't, but he seemed to be to us. Being Christmas break from school, he would drop by Woolco and talk with us to the point of annoyance. He was twelve years old, though he looked more like 16. He also smoked, though you don't see him holding a cigarette here. (In 1973 smoking was allowed in public places and no one enforced any laws about people under 21 buying cigarettes.)

His father ran the Big Boy's restaurant in the mall, just outside our mall entrance. He always appeared in jeans and a fatigue jacket. This photo was taken shortly after the kid had seen "The Sting," hence his hat. He loved the movie so much he wanted to look like the characters in it. No, he just looked like a character.

The guy with the yellow print dress shirt was named Mark; I don't remember his last name. He helped in both cameras and sporting goods. The kid was asking questions about our merchandise, mostly the accessories, just to kill time. This being between Christmas and New Year's, things were kind of slow and quiet. The kid wasn't a troublemaker, he just had nothing to do and nowhere to go, and his dad probably wanted him to stay out of the restaurant, as he was too young to be employed there anyway.

I wanted to render the flesh tones as close as possible to what they really were, but I ended up putting too much yellow into the florescent lights. But it was either that or have flesh tones that were too much pink or magenta.

This photo was taken with a Minolta SLR, using Kodak Ektachrome Tungsten balanced film, rated at ASA 160, captured with a Minolta 50mm lens.

Taken on: December 1, 1973

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