Mr. & Mrs. Cal Cothren Sr. & Family

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Mr. & Mrs. Cal Cothren Sr. & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Cal Cothren Sr. & Family
Artist/Maker (American, 1884 – 1959)
Date1950-1953
MediumVintage gelatin silver enlargement print
DimensionsSheet: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20 × 25.1 cm) Image: 7 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (19.7 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.95
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts Cal Cothren, Sr. (1909-1987) and his wife Mayme Stark (1903-1976) with children Carnelle Hackworth Newton (1922-2005), Chester Hackworth (1924-1990), Doris Cothren Tharp, Cal Cothren, Jr. (1928-2001), Helen Cothren Towell, Morris Vaughn Cothren (1932-1976), and Billy Jack Cothren (1934-2021).
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Additional Details

Published References A different Disfarmer photograph depicting Cal Cothren appears in:
Steven Kasher, ed. Original Disfarmer Photographs. (Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2005), p. 52.
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (pencil): "DFTWZS26 / 57"
Verso, left edge (black ink): "Mr. & Mrs. Cal Cothren Sr. / & / Family"
Photograph by John Bentham.
Wright Morris
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photograph by John Bentham.
Wright Morris
Date: 1950
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.39
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Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
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Leon Unturbe y Conte
Date: c. 1888-1925
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Medium: Watercolor
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Mike Disfarmer
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Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2020.9.101
Photograph by John Bentham.
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1913-1914
Medium: Seravazza and Sicilian marble
Object number: 2005.6.2
Portfolio box for Sculptors' Edition: Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery
Date: 1994
Medium: Wood
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Gate-keepers Hut, Central Park
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
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William C. Palmer
Date: 1968
Medium: Photocopy
Object number: WCP.616.1
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William C. Palmer
Date: 1968
Medium: Ink on graph paper
Object number: WCP.616.2