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Ben Shahn: Small Towns Photographs

16 Ben Shahn photographs of small towns, from the Library of Congress archive.

Middlesboro, Kentucky, 1935

Middlesboro, Kentucky

1935

Middlesboro, Kentucky, 1935

Middlesboro, Kentucky

1935

Middlesboro, Kentucky, 1935

Middlesboro, Kentucky

1935

Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1935

Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas

1935

In front of church on Sunday, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1935

In front of church on Sunday, Little Rock, Arkansas

1935

Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1935

Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas

1935

Zinc, Arkansas, deserted mining town, 1935

Zinc, Arkansas, deserted mining town

1935

Scene outsided Zinc, Arkansas, deserted mining town, 1935

Scene outsided Zinc, Arkansas, deserted mining town

1935

One of few remaining inhabitants of Zinc, Arkansas, 1935

One of few remaining inhabitants of Zinc, Arkansas

1935

Citizens of Zinc, Arkansas, a deserted mining town, 1935

Citizens of Zinc, Arkansas, a deserted mining town

1935

Inhabitants of Marked Tree, Arkansas, 1935

Inhabitants of Marked Tree, Arkansas

1935

Church turned into a movie house, Woodville, Mississippi, 1935

Church turned into a movie house, Woodville, Mississippi

1935

Smithland, Kentucky, 1935

Smithland, Kentucky

1935

Home in Scottsboro, Alabama, 1937

Home in Scottsboro, Alabama

1937

Scene at Smithland, Kentucky, 1935

Scene at Smithland, Kentucky

1935

Blind street musician, West Memphis, Arkansas, 1935

Blind street musician, West Memphis, Arkansas

1935

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