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Medicine Show: 1935
Submitted by rich on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:36am.
I think the dapper fellow on the far right is/was my father, Jessie C. Hayes, b. 1909. He left the farm for Chicago as soon as he could, then came back to this area about the time of this photo before meeting and marrying our mother. View full size.
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Farmboy: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 7:19pm.
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Summer 1938. "Son of Virgil Thaxton, farmer, in Thaxton farmhouse near Mechanicsburg, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn. View full size.
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The Pantitorium: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 2:30am.
August 1938. "A cleaning and pressing shop in Urbana, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Street Life: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 5:55pm.
August 1938. Urbana, Ohio. "Street scene." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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The Big Easy: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 5:39am.
October 1935. "Scene in Jackson Square, New Orleans." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Personality Fat Girl: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 4:56am.
August 1938. "Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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The Cure: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 3:29pm.
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October 1935. "Advertisements for popular malaria cure. Natchez, Mississippi." Photo by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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