Road and homes destroyed by flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
Road and homes destroyed by flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.9 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 8 × 9 3/8 in. (20.3 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2017.22.38
Not on view
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Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower left corner in black ink; "Photographed by Leonard Freed © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC." on verso at center in black ink; "MAGNUM PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT" on verso at lower left [faded] in black ink.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
Inscribed "FLOOD" on verso at upper left corner [crossed out] in pencil; "Natural Disasters" on verso at upper left in pencil; "(Wilkesb[ury] [crossed out] ARRE, Pa. '72)" on verso at upper left in pencil. "72-23-3-3A" on verso [upside down] at center in pencil; "60764" on verso at lower center [sideways and circled] in pencil; "1972 WILKESBARRE - PA - USA" on verso at lower left in pencil; "72-23-3-3A" on verso at lower center in pencil; "UNIQUE" on verso at lower center in pencil; "LFDIS-16" on verso at upper right corner in pencil; "NAT: 82" on verso at upper right [boxed] in pencil; "3000" on verso at upper right corner [sideways] in pencil, "4600" on verso at center [upside down and crossed out] in pencil; "37347", "18725," "23552", "23021" on verso at center [crossed out] in pencil; "47236" on verso at center in pencil; "51398" on verso at center [upside down and crossed out] in pencil; "27025" on verso at center [crossed out] in pencil.
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