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Baldauf & Schlientz: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 2:54pm.
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Summer 1938. "Thermometer sign. Marion, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
Specs
Submitted by slr in tx on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 3:37pm.
This gentleman favors Jimmy Conlin a bit. And, from what we have seen of Marion, it looks like a Preston Sturges sort of town.
Spectacles
Submitted by Olivander on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 2:59pm.
I wanted glasses like that. Then Harry Potter came along and ruined them forever.
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