Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944 Bowdoin Alumni Published September 2020

Published September 2020

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Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944 Bowdoin Alumni Published September 2020by Frank H. Goodyear III (Editor), Peter W. Kunhardt Jr (Editor), Gordon Parks (Photographer), Frank H. Goodyear (Contributor), Carrie Mae Weems (Contributor) In January 1944, Gordon Parks (19122006) photographed Herklas Brownthe owner of a general store and Esso gas station in Somerville, Maine. Parks traveled to the state under the auspices of the Standard Oil Company New Jersey (SONJ) to record their contributions to the war effort and document the