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Clyde Massengale awaits dinner hour at the Church mission on Thanksgiving Day.

Photograph of an elderly man from India.

Old man on welfare is bypassed by the mainstream of small-town American society.

After his wife of many years died in the spring, Fred Leigh chose to live alone in the house they had shared. Although his family offered to take him in, he persisted in maintaining his independence. Leigh died a day before the story was published

It was a gloomy day in the Twin Cities, but an elderly woman brightened it for some geese and a pair of swans at the Lake of the Isles. The woman has been feeding the birds for years out of two plastic pails and a woven bag. When asked if she was…

Photographer says, 'An elderly woman says that she hasn't missed a parade in town for over 50 years. 'I just love parades.' She'd coo, clap, and offer approval as the floats and bands went by.'

Photograph of an elderly woman on her one hundredth birthday.

Elderly couple make trip to town, leaning on one another.

The old people in wheelchairs found it hard to stay awake during the final dance numbers by the Bonnie Bell Dancers.

Nicasio Reservoir dried out during the California drought. All that is left is a few old tires and dried up fish.