A man makes his way through Petralia Soprana for the local Saints' Day Festival, Sicily

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A man makes his way through Petralia Soprana for the local Saints' Day Festival, Sicily
A man makes his way through Petralia Soprana for the local Saints' Day Festival, Sicily
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (16 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.106
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: "Tirage Archive Magnum Photos / 20, rue des Grands Augustins, 75006 Paris / Epreuve a Rendre / N° / Magnum Paris Library / Print to be returned" on verso at bottom left in black ink.
Stamp: "DIST. 112/74: Crossroads Sicily / 74-12-121-2a A Man makes his way through Petralia / Soprana for the local Saints' Day Festival / © Leonard Freed/MAGNUM" on verso at center in purple ink.
Stamp: "Vintage Print" on verso at center in black ink.
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at bottom right in black ink.
Sticker: "MAG00100820-034" on verso at bottom right.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "EU.1915.5" on verso at top left corner in purple ink.
"1974 Sicily, Italy." on verso at center in pen.
"LFSIC-271.2" on verso at bottom left corner in pencil.
"[illeg.] / 29" on verso at top right corner in blue pen.
"F55" on verso at bottom right corner in black ink.
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This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.97
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photo by John Bentham.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Date: 1986
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
The “shooting gallery” raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
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Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Leonard Freed
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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