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He's a typical Californian who doesn't know how to relax
He's a typical Californian who doesn't know how to relax
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Date1981
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 10 in. (17.5 × 25.4 cm) Overall: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.68
Not on view
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Published References Illustrated: Bill Owens: Suburbia, fotofolio, 1999, p. 28
Signature Verso, lower right (pen, black ink): "W Owens"
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.88
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"
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
Mardi Gras is one of the biggest money making events the Pleasanton Juniors stage each year. We have king and queen candidates who hold money making events (dances, fashion shows, family pizza night, etc.) The candidate who raises the most money wins. Last year we raised $12,800.00 for the senior citizens transportation system and $1000.00 for youth counseling programs. The final event is the Mardi Gras Ball, over 500 people attended to drink, eat, dance and celebrate the coronation. Pleasanton, California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Mardi Gras is one of the biggest money making events the Pleasanton Juniors stage each year. We have king and queen candidates who hold money making events (dances, fashion shows, family pizza night, etc.) The candidate who raises the most money wins. Last year we raised $12,800.00 for the senior citizens transportation system and $1000.00 for youth counseling programs. The final event is the Mardi Gras Ball, over 500 people attended to drink, eat, dance and celebrate the coronation. Pleasanton, California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Bill Owens
Date: c. 1975
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.77
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
As a receptionist in a dentist's office I know that people are often anxious when they come in for a visit, so during the holidays I go all out to decorate the waiting room. I love to see the expression on their faces when they check out our Christmas tree., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.63
King Andy I: How He Will Look and What He Will Do, from "Harper's Weekly"
King Andy I: How He Will Look and What He Will Do, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 3, 1866
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.83
A young black boy who says he is left alone in the city comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection, NYC
A young black boy who says he is left alone in the city comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.172
Doll #2
Doll #2
Truman Bonifazi
Date: c. 1975
Medium: Chromogenic print
Object number: 1991.19
Slip Rock Sculpture, Arizona, 1984
Slip Rock Sculpture, Arizona, 1984
David Muench
Date: 1984
Medium: Color chromogenic print on paper
Object number: 2006.1
Photograph by David Revette.
Gate to Armenian Quarter in Old City, Jerusalem
Robert M Lipgar
Date: c. 1982 (printed later)
Medium: Chromogenic print
Object number: 2008.1.2
Photograph by David Revette.
TelAviv Synagogue and Wrapped Auto
Robert M Lipgar
Date: c. 1980 (printed later)
Medium: Chromogenic print
Object number: 2008.1.1
Untitled, from the series "Zwarte Piet"
Untitled, from the series "Zwarte Piet"
Anna Fox
Date: 1997, printed 2000
Medium: Chromogenic print
Object number: 2009.3