The Eyes of Ms. T.J. Eckleburg Diaz

We recently stumbled across the photo above while sifting through the National Archives "Picturing the Century" website, in search of images of child coal miners. Something about the two girls' sharply differing expressions stuck with us—the one on the left strikes us as the contemplative member of the duo, the one on the right the impulsive hellraiser. The caption, alas, provides little background as to who these girls were, or how they ended up gazing into the lens:

Two Latin girls pose in fro