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Our Man in Maynardville: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 12:23am.
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Another view of the Tennessee Troubadour as captured by painter-photographer Ben Shahn in October 1935. View full size. More here. 35mm nitrate negative.
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Tennessee Troubadour: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 4:30pm.
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October 1935. Street musician in Maynardville, Tennessee. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn. Another shot here. Scan from 35mm nitrate negative.
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Nanty Glo Slag Pickers: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 4:20pm.
Boys salvaging coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania. 1937. They get 10 cents for each hundred-pound sack. View full size. Photo by Ben Shahn.
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Itchy & Scratchy: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 3:40pm.
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Summer 1938. Drugstore in Newark, Ohio. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn. Image scanned from 35mm nitrate negative.
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Passing Remark: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 3:36pm.
August 1938. "Citizens of Columbus, Ohio." View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn. Image scanned from 35mm nitrate negative.
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Kentucky: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 3:32pm.
October 1935. Coal miner in Jenkins, Kentucky. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn. Image scanned from 35mm nitrate negative.
Buena: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 2:32am.
The small town of Buena, Washington, in Yakima County, one of the country's top farming regions. August 1939. View full size. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
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