Faces of China, Chengtu, China

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Faces of China, Chengtu, China
Faces of China, Chengtu, China
Artist/Maker (American, 1917 – 1991)
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.303
Not on view
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Signature Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "Lou Stoumen"
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "LS 8431
Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "JKG #149"
Thunderhead cloud over Himalaya on fighter from Chengtu to Kunming, China
Thunderhead cloud over Himalaya on fighter from Chengtu to Kunming, China
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1944 (printed 1970s)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.131
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Bomb Pin and Tag, Kunming, China
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1944 (printed 1980s)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.135
Boys and Old Men Build B-29 Airfields, China
Boys and Old Men Build B-29 Airfields, China
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1944
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2021.12.302
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Starstruck: Mao and Voroshilov, China
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1957, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.23
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Airforce parade, China
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1957 (printed 2003)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.2
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Chinese actors applying make-up, China
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: c. 1957 (printed 2003)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.4
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
Horst Faas
Date: February 20, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.194
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Horst Faas
Date: August 14, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.195
Harbor view, Puerto Rico
Harbor view, Puerto Rico
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.122
Bereaved Boy, Puerto Rico
Bereaved Boy, Puerto Rico
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1942 (printed 1970s)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.133
Lydia, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lydia, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lou Stoumen
Date: 1941 (printed 1980s)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.138
Slum Housing, El Fanguito, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Slum Housing, El Fanguito, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lou Stoumen
Date: c. 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.141