A Saturday afternoon in London (Ohio) through the photos of Ben Shahn, 1938

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In 1938, photographer Ben Shahn of FSA traveled to the small town of London, Ohio, and captured the residents as they strolled through the town’s main streets. The town was struggling economically and the welfare of the residents had declined rapidly over the last years. Before the Great Depression, people refused to go on government […]