John Vachon: All Their Marbles (Woodbine, Iowa, Spring 1940)

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Advertising, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Boys playing marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Boys in marble game, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Little girl, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Painted pillar, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Privy pump and pillar, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

A residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Residential street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Resident of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Gravedigger at work, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Digging a grave, graveyard on the outskirts of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Graveyard and town of Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Planting a garden in the backyard, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Resident of small town plowing fields behind his house to plant corn, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940

Main Street, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Edge of town, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Advertising, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Billboard, Woodbine, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, May 1940

Photos by John Vachon from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress