Looking At Appalachia

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Looking At Appalachia

深夜福利 | By Jess Clark

Published January 22, 2015 at 11:57 AM EST

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Ronald Sowder cuts Tom Fitzsimmons hair in Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia.

Ryan Stone / Looking at Appalachia

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Berea, Madison County, Kentucky

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Radio personality Tommy Jett sets out for the Tennessee Radio Personality Hall of Fame dinner from his home in Flintstone, Walker County, Georgia.

Maura Friedman / Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Rachel Hartzler, 7, takes a minute in between sessions of playing tag behind the Sugar Tree Country Store during the Highland Maple Festival in McDowell, Highland County, Virginia.

Katie Currid / Looking at Appalachia

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Sandy Hook, Washington County, Maryland

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Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty. The created stereotypes of its people and land for the rest of the country.

Some of the images will be on display at the inaugural at the Spartanburg County Public Library in May 2015. The project is receiving submissions for 2015. .

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