I am an old fashioned tinker. I sell pots and pans. Not just ordinary pots and pans but space age utensils.

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I am an old fashioned tinker. I sell pots and pans. Not just ordinary pots and pans but space age utensils.
I am an old fashioned tinker. I sell pots and pans. Not just ordinary pots and pans but space age utensils.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Date1975 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 7 15/16 in. (15.9 × 20.2 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2019.18.71
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink): "© BILL OWENS / EXTRA BOOK PRINT"
Published References Illustrated in Bill Owens, Working (New York: fotofolio, 2008), 25.
Signature Signed on verso in pencil.
Inscribed Verso, upper left (pencil): "1003M 2000"
Verso, lower right (pencil): "W147"
The space shuttlecraft is a 2.7-billion-dollar manned space vehicle. It will have the capacity to carry thirty tons of material into orbit. Someday it will place solar collection panels in outer space to beam energy back to earth., from the series "Working"
The space shuttlecraft is a 2.7-billion-dollar manned space vehicle. It will have the capacity to carry thirty tons of material into orbit. Someday it will place solar collection panels in outer space to beam energy back to earth., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.96
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by B…
As long as I can work here I will. It's better than housework. Cauliflower packing is hard work but I don't even think about it. My hands go through the motions, my mind's somewhere else. The season lasts six months, then I pack tomatoes and collect unemployment for the rest of the year., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.84
I like working at the shelter workshop. I can be productive and be part of the community. I make money and pay my own way. On my days off I watch TV, ride my bike and write letters to my friends. Someday I'm thinking of getting married.
I like working at the shelter workshop. I can be productive and be part of the community. I make money and pay my own way. On my days off I watch TV, ride my bike and write letters to my friends. Someday I'm thinking of getting married.
Bill Owens
Date: 1975
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.65
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by B…
The last thing I did before leaving for San Francisco after my dad died was watch fireworks explode over the St. Louis arch on the Fourth of July. Two days later I crested a hill on Route 80 and saw the expanse of San Francisco Bay for the first time. It was so beautiful I cried. St. Louis, Missouri, from the series "Leisure"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.93
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
As a receptionist in a dentist's office I know that people are often anxious when they come in for a visit, so during the holidays I go all out to decorate the waiting room. I love to see the expression on their faces when they check out our Christmas tree., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.63
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.88
I spent $100 on the plane kit and 50 hours assembling it. My goal is not to crash it in the first ten minutes. Mission Peak, Fremont, California, from the series "Leisure"
I spent $100 on the plane kit and 50 hours assembling it. My goal is not to crash it in the first ten minutes. Mission Peak, Fremont, California, from the series "Leisure"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.72
The Eagle Squares is one of 100 clubs in the Northern California Square Dancing Association. We called our group Eagle Squares because we used to dance in the Eagles Hall. My wife and I started when some neighbors talked us into taking a beginning square dance class. We found dancing to be good clean fun, something we could do together with little expense involved. Livermore, California.
The Eagle Squares is one of 100 clubs in the Northern California Square Dancing Association. We called our group Eagle Squares because we used to dance in the Eagles Hall. My wife and I started when some neighbors talked us into taking a beginning square dance class. We found dancing to be good clean fun, something we could do together with little expense involved. Livermore, California.
Bill Owens
Date: 1974
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2023.12.66
Study of garden with a statue of a girl and wooden pot
Study of garden with a statue of a girl and wooden pot
Pierre de Fenoÿl
Date: c. 1970s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.231
Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Bill Owens
Date: c. 1971
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.85
Warehouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Warehouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.89
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
Lee Hernandez, Female Construction Worker, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.74