Boy balancing on abandoned car, Manchester, England

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Boy balancing on abandoned car, Manchester, England
Boy balancing on abandoned car, Manchester, England
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (16.2 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.110
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, center right (sticker): "MAG00199820-370"
Verso, top left: [blue circle sticker]
Verso, top center (typed purple): "Child Truancy in England, August 1977 #77-79 / The unemployment figures are increasing in Western Europe and many in Western Europe and many school / leaving children without degrees are faced with the faxt [sic] that they will not have jobs waiting for them. Truancy, or absence from school is multiplying on many / levels, either due to the fact of confusino 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 / suffereing from boredom. Some cases are perhaps due to the failure of personality / integration 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."
Verso, center (black ink stamp): "© Leonard Freed-Magnum"
Verso, center right (black ink stamp): "VINTAGE PRINT"
Verso, lower center (black ink stamp): "© Leonard Freed-Magnum"
Inscribed "EU14.21.5" on verso top left in blue ink
"1.1" on verso top right in blue ink, scribbled out in black sharpie
"74-18-11-13" on verso cetner in black ink
"1974" on verso cetner in pencil
"Near machester canal, England / from the story, "School Truants" / what the chilren do during the time / they should be in school" on verso lower center in pencil
"LFENG-31" on verso bottom left
illegible on verso bottom left in black marker
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