A policewoman plays games with community children. Shortly afterward, the officer became pregnant and was assigned a desk job for the period of her pregnancy, from the series "Police Work"

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
A policewoman plays games with community children. Shortly afterward, the officer became pregnant and was assigned a desk job for the period of her pregnancy, from the series "Police Work"
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (16.5 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2017.22.28
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Label: white adhesive label with tombstone information and photo number, "Image 4: FRL-78-9-W-23/27" on verso.

Stamps: barcode with tombstone information below on verso at center in black ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at lower center in black ink; faded and mostly illegible except for the word "YORK" on verso at lower right in black ink.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso at center right in pencil.
Inscribed "POLICE WORK" on verso at upper right in black ink; "78-9-23-27" [upside down] on verso in pencil; "4[?]R" on verso at left in pencil; "HARLEM / Bronx [crossed out]" on verso at center in pencil; "78-9-23-27" on verso at lower center in black ink; "60[?]365" on verso at upper right in pencil; "44811" on verso at lower right; "LF-PW-108.01" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
Photo by David Revette.
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