Farmers at auction, Zimmerman farm near Hastings, Nebraska

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Farmers at auction, Zimmerman farm near Hastings, Nebraska
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1915 - 1985)
DateMarch 1940 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (26.4 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 in. (27.3 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2017.22.55
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: "PHOTOGRAPH BY ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower center in black ink; "ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY from the collection of GRACE ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower right in black ink.
Published References Illustrated in Arthur Rothstein, THE DEPRESSION YEARS, AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (New York: Dover, 1978), p. 22.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed Inscriptions: "29606" on verso at center [sideways] in pencil; "Farmers at auction, Zimmerman farm, Hastings, Nebraska - 3/40" on verso across lower edge in pencil; "G22-97", "MOL- / 21", "<17.[?]4>" on verso at lower left in pencil; "AK-156.02" on verso at lower right corner in pencil; "2000" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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