Cora Church and Minnie Roberts with family members

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Cora Church and Minnie Roberts with family members
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1884 - 1959)
Datec. 1932
MediumGelatin silver contact print
DimensionsImage: 5 in. × 3 1/16 in. (12.7 × 7.7 cm) Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (13.9 × 8.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman
Object number2018.11.5
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts Cora Griffin Church (1906-1973) on the left with her son, Talmadge (1924-1977) of Drasco, Arkansas. On the right is Minnie Roberts (1920-2004) with her half-brother, Harold Jameson Fitzgerald (1927- ) of Heber Springs, Arkansas.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Untitled
Exhibition History 2022-2023
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Dialogues Across Disciplines: Building a Teaching Collection at the Wellin Museum of Art," September 17, 2022 - May 20, 2023
Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman.
Markings Verso, upper-center (pencil): "1-Bfed"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "1/2"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "001697"
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed Verso: "Cora Church on the left / with her son Talmage / Mina [sic] Robison [sic] with her Half / Brother Hairl [sic] Jameser [sic] Fitzgerial [sic] / Drasco- / Ark-"
(The name is a misspelled version of Harold Jameson Fitzgerald).
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