Ben Shahn: Fair Season, Ohio, 1938


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Purchasing tickets at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Refreshment stand at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938 

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Spectators at at county fair eating lunch, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Jockey and spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Sideshow attraction, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938 

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Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Selling tickets to the sideshow, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938 

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At the Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio. The Ashville Fourth of July celebration is a small-scale fair, carrying the amusement features of the fairs without the farm implements displays, etc. It comes earlier than the regular fairs: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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 At the Wrestling matches, Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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Wrestling matches, Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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Wrestling matches, Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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At the baseball game, Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938
 
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At the Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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 At the Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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Sideshow at the Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938
 
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Sideshow at the Fourth of July celebration, Ashville, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, July 1938

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Sign advertising county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Entrance to Champaign County Fair, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Livestock display, Champaign County Fair, Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Amusement at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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At the county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Amphitheatre, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Advertisement on grandstand at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Tractor on display at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Lineup for pony race at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Advertising feeds at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Advertising feeds at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Sideshow at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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State police and spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Weight-pulling contest, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectator at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectator at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectator at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Refreshment stand at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Refreshments at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938
 
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Spectator at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Spectators at sideshow, county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938

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Men at county fair, central Ohio: photo by Ben Shahn, August 1938


Photos from Farm Security Administration Collection, Library of Congress

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