Ollie “Widow” Combs talking with bulldozer operator

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Ollie “Widow” Combs talking with bulldozer operator
Ollie “Widow” Combs talking with bulldozer operator
Artist/Maker (American, 1937 – 2006)
DateNovember, 1965
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.118
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center (purple stamp): "-PHOTOGRAPH BY- / Courier-Journal and / Louiville Times / PUBLICAITON PROHIBITED / Authority to publish or copy MUST be obtained from GJ & T Management"
Verso, center (black stamp, stamped over purple stamp written above): "O.K FOR PUBLICATION"
Verso, bottom center: "American Heritage Mag. / Dec 69 / Reject"
Published References References: Chad Montrie, To Save the Land and People (2003)* Erik Reece (Wendell Berry, foreword), Lost Mountain (2007).
Inscribed Verso, upper left (crossed out): "OA67243"
Verso, upper left (not crossed out): "OA67796"
Verso, bottom left: "BS-101" and "3500"
Verso, center: "Mrs. Combs w/ Bulldozer operator"
Verso, bottom center: "Protests- Miners-Coal-1960's"
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