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Circleville: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 11:11am.
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Summer 1938. Circleville, Ohio. "Dwellers in Circleville's 'Hooverville.' During Depression many farms of the district were foreclosed. People who lost homes naturally gravitated toward the town. A town of its character is unable to house new influx of population. Consequently there sprang up around it an extensive Hooverville." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn. View full size.
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Farmboy: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 6:19pm.
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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 - 1:30am.
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 - 4:55pm.
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 - 4:39am.
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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 - 3:56am.
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 - 2:29pm.
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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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