Homes and road damaged by flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA

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Homes and road damaged by flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
Homes and road damaged by flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2014.7.6
Not on view
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Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, upper center (stamp, black ink): "© Leonard Freed-Magnum"
Verso, center (stamp, black ink): "Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 46th Street, N. Y. C. 10036"
Verso, center (stamp, blue ink): "MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK / LOG REF. [17139 handwritten and crossed out] [18725 handwritten and crossed out] [30632 handwritten and crossed out] / TO BE RETURNED"
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): "VINTAGE PRINT"
Signature Verso, upper center (pencil): "Leonard Freed"
Inscribed Verso, upper left (pencil): "FLOOD / (Pa. '72) / Wilkes-BARRE"
Verso, upper right (pencil):"LFDIS-02"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "3000"
Verso, center (pencil): "72-24-3/17" [upside down]
Verso, center (pencil): "61231" [circled] and "38277" [circled, upside down]
Verso, lower center (pencil): "UNIQUE"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "72-24-3-17"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "1972 WILKES-BARRE / PA USA FLOOD"
Verso, lower right (pencil): "NAT: 82"
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