Boys admiring motorbike, Manchester, England

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Boys admiring motorbike, Manchester, England
Boys admiring motorbike, Manchester, England
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (16.2 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.109
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "Child Truency in England, August 1977 #77-79 / The unemployment figures are increasing in Western Europe and many school leaving children without degrees are faced with the faxt that they will not have job waiting for them. Truency, or absence from school is multiplying on many levels, either due to the fact of confusion or boredom or the anxieties attributed to their family stress. A lot of the children who "play truant" come from working class families or unskilled homes, where parents and children are suffering from boredom. Some cases are perhaps due to failure or personality intergration or the fears of bullying from teachers or other children. This problem is causing wide anxieties among the educational authorities and urban planners. / Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM Photos." on verso at middle right sideways in purple ink.
Sticker: "MAG0010714-331" on verso at top left corner.
Stamp: "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at center right in black ink.
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" upside down on verso at center in black ink.
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" upside down on verso at bottom center in black ink.

Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "NEAR MANCHESTER CANAL, ENGLAND / FROM THE STORY "SCHOOL TRUANTS" / WHAT THE CHILDREN DO DURING THE TIME / THEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL, SOME IN PHOTO / ARE PAST SCHOOL LEAVING AGE" on verso at top center in pencil.
"EV14.2.1.5" on verso at top left corner in blue ink.
"[illeg.]" on verso at top right corner in blue ink.
"74-18-10-7", upside down, on verso at center in black pen.
"CU.14.2.3" crossed out on verso at top right corner in black and blue markers.
"LFENG-36" on verso at bottom left corner in pencil.
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