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Scene in Smithland, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
Moment lost in time, it was nice almost knowing you. You almost didn't exist, in fact might not have existed. But then, you pretty much had to be there
in order for there to be a next moment, and so on.
There one stood, by the bank. And the long
day slowly passed.
Bank in Smithland, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
Scene in Smithland, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
Post Office in Smithland, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
Billboard advertisement for gasoline service station, Middlesboro, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
Scene in Smithland, Kentucky: photo by Ben Shahn for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)