The Joys of a Small-Town Saturday Night

In its December 2, 1940 issue, LIFE ran a long photo essay celebrating small-town Saturday nights. The town the magazine visited was Franklin, Indiana, which back then had a population of a little more than 6,000 people. Judging by the phots taken by LIFE staff photographer Bernard Hoffman, it seems like every one of those ... Read more The post The Joys of a Small-Town Saturday Night appeared…