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A lot of people all over the world stumbled pretty much simultaneously upon the smokestack, the double exposure, the multiple shadow, the wall of humans, etc.--although Martin Munkàcsi deserves special mention for his work on the last, and this book doesn't even reproduce my favorite picture by him, a large scattering of schoolchildren lying on the grass, seen from above and looking like so many clothespins.
This had the effect of puzzling some clerks, of occasionally leading to communication (finger-pinching for clothespins worked, for example), and most often of bringing out the clerks' sense of humor, expressed in good-natured if frustrated laughter.