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Minstrel poster in Alabama town: photo by Walker Evans, January 1936
The messages muted, speech
without voice.
The poverty of the time, inscribed
on windows, wall
posters, signs
dreams
of the permanently cheated.
Minstrel poster, Alabama: photo by Walker Evans, August 1936
Posters covering a building near Lynchburg, Tennessee to advertise a Downie Bros. circus: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Posters covering a building near Lynchburg, Tennessee to advertise a Downie Bros. circus: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Posters covering a building near Lynchburg, Tennessee to advertise a Downie Bros. circus: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theatre, New Orleans: photo by Walker Evans, 1935 or 1936
Movie poster, vicinity of Moundsville, Alabama: photo by Walker Evans, March 1940
Auto parts shop. Atlanta, Georgia: photo by Walker Evans, December 1935
Excursion sign, Alabama: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Sign on building advertising groceries and meats, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: photo by Walker Evans, 1935
Alabama feed store front: photo by Walker Evans, March 1936
Roadside stand near Birmingham Alabama: photo by Walker Evans, March 1936
Photos from Farm Security Administration Collection, Library of Congress
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