House on a Bluff, Olympia Fields, Illinois

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
House on a Bluff, Olympia Fields, Illinois
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, 1928 – 1972)
Architect (American, 1926 – 2014)
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (17.1 × 20.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Williams, Class of 1973, in honor of Professor Rand Carter
Object number2019.5.4
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of William E. Williams.
Markings Stamps: "PROPERTY OF / NEWSPAPER DIVISION / APR 1965 / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC." on verso at right center in green ink; "RSC 48229" on verso at left center in purple ink.

Labels: white adhesive label with "HOUSE ON A BLUFF / Brenner Danforth Rockwell" typewritten on verso at lower center; white adhesive label with "House on a Bluff, 20841 Oak Lane dr., Olympia Fields. / Architect was Brenner-Danforth-Rockwell; owner, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. / Davis Rockwell [Rockwell circled with purple pencil]; builder, R. H. Roberts Construction Co., Flossmoor."
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Photo by / Richard Nickel" on verso at center in pencil.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Date: August 18, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.270
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1940 (printed later)
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1939 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.125
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Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.73
Photo by Dave Revette.
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1962 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
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Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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René Burri
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Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931-1937
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.4.3
Untitled from the "Fields" series
Untitled from the "Fields" series
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931-1937
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.4.6
Untitled from the "Fields" series
Untitled from the "Fields" series
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931-1937
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.4.1