People inside tornado-damaged home, Xenia, OH, USA

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
People inside tornado-damaged home, Xenia, OH, USA
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.9 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2017.22.36
Not on view
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Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right corner in black ink; "MAGNUM" on verso at lower right in black ink; "Photography by Leonard Freed © Magnum Photos, Inc" on verso at upper right corner in black ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at both lower left and lower center in black ink.

Labels: white adhesive label with "AA8098" printed in black ink on verso at upper left; white adhesive label with "Consignment #84914 / RRR" printed in black ink on verso at left center.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
Inscribed "Special Events '74 Natural Disaster" on verso at upper left in red ink; "Xena Tornado" on verso at upper left corner in red ink; "NATURE" on verso at upper center [underlined] in blue ink; "LFDIS-21" on verso at upper right corner in pencil; "4000" on verso at upper right [sideways] in pencil; "69963" on verso at upper center [circled] in pencil; "74-6 [typed]-5/11A" on verso at upper right corner in black ink; "UNIQUE" on verso at lower left and lower center in pencil; "74-6.5/11A" on verso at center, upside down, in pencil; "55674" on verso at center [upside down and crossed out] in pencil; "64633" on verso at center [crossed out] in pencil; "63018" on verso at right [crossed out] in pencil; "66153" on verso at right in pencil; "30769" and "31900" on verso at center [sideways and crossed out] in pencil; "38288" on verso at center [upside down and crossed out] in pencil; "33998" and "21907" on verso at center [crossed out] in pencil; "40268" on verso at center in pencil; "1974 XENIA - OHIO - USA - TORNADO" on verso at lower left in pencil; "NAT: 82" on verso at lower right corner [boxed] in pencil.
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