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Second-hand store, Ohio

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistBen Shahn (American, 1898–1969)
TitleSecond-hand store, Ohio
DateAugust 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.6 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.7.13
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts suit jackets and pants hanging in the doorway of a store below a sign cropped on both sides of the image. The text on the sign reads, “[P]AY HIGHEST PRIC[E] | & LADIES SECOND HAND CLOTHING & S[CROPPED].” Small handwritten signs read “Ladies Coats…” and “Mens Suits As Low As $2.00.”

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts suit jackets and pants hanging in the doorway of a store below a sign cropped on both sides of the image. The text on the sign reads, “[P]AY HIGHEST PRIC[E] | & LADIES SECOND HAND CLOTHING & S[CROPPED].” Small handwritten signs read “Ladies Coats…” and “Mens Suits As Low As $2.00.”

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