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A construction site becomes a playground for these teenagers playing truant from school, Manchester, England,
A construction site becomes a playground for these teenagers playing truant from school, Manchester, England,
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Datec. 1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 in. × 9 3/4 in. (17.8 × 24.8 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (15.9 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.105
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings "Stamp: "Child Truency in England, August 77 #77-79 / The unemployment figures are increasing in Western Europe and many school leaving children without degrees are faced with the faxt that they will not have job waiting for them. Truency, or absence from school is multiplying on many levels, either due to the fact of confusion or boredom or the anxieties attributed to their family stress. A lot of the children who "play truant" come from working class families or unskilled homes, where parents and children are suffering from boredom. Some cases are perhaps due to failure or personality intergration or the fears of bullying from teachers or other children. This problem is causing wide anxieties among the educational authorities and urban planners. / Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM Photos." on verso at middle right sideways in purple ink; "77" is crossed out and replaced with "74".
"Photo 11. (74.18.15/23) a construction site becomes a playground for these Manchester teenagers playing truant from school" on verso at bottom middle in purple ink.
Stamp: "Vintage Print" on verso at lower left in black ink.
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower left in black ink.
Stamp: "Nur leihweise. / Nach Reproduktion sofort zurück / an laenderpress / Hanne Friedrich-Englaender / 4 Düsseldorf 30 / Friedrich-Lau-Straße 26" on verso at lower right in red ink; crossed out in black pen.
Sticker: "Deunesse / Desoeuvrement" on verso at upper right in black ink.
Sticker: Yellow Circluar sticker on verso at upper right.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso at lower left in pencil.
Inscribed "LFUK-07" on verso at upper left in pencil.
"1974 England" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"74-18-15-23" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"66" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"48" on verso at upper right in black pen; covered by "Deunesse / Desoeuvrement" sticker.
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