Photographs by Ben Shahn, 1930-1960 (inclusive).

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Photographs by Ben Shahn, 1930-1960 (inclusive).

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Consists of photographs taken by the American photographer, Ben Shahn. Includes several taken for the Farm Security Administration between 1935 and 1938, documenting both rural and urban United States.

ca. 4,000 images.

Harvard University Art Museum

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Harvard University Art Museum

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Fogg Art Museum. Photograph Collection.

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Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...