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"

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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"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Date1975 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 5 7/8 in. (20.2 × 14.9 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.96
Not on view
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Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "[copyright symbol] BILL OWENS / EXTRA BOOK PRINT" on verso at lower right in black ink.
Published References Illustrated in Bill Owens, Working (New York: fotofolio, 2008), 113.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "1024M" on verso at upper left in pencil; "1500 W184" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Airplane (Bird in Space)
Airplane (Bird in Space)
Peter Coffin
Date: 2003-2006
Medium: Mixed media
Object number: 2012.3.10
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.
Bill Owens
Date: 1975 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.71
Photography by David Revette.
Installation Floor Plan for Any Space Surrounded by Four Walls, from the "Rubber Stamp Portfolio"
Barry LeVa
Date: 1976 (published 1977)
Medium: Rubber stamp
Object number: 2003.12.5.5a
Photograph by David Revette.
Bird in Space I
Rob Fischer
Date: 2006
Medium: Aluminum
Object number: 2012.3.6
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.128
Struggle Against Chopper Blast: struggle against chopper blast fully equipped soldiers of the U.S. 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, struggle through the grass against the stormy blast from Botors of helicopter which landed them in Jungle clearing 70 miles North of Saigon on May 3, 1966. They moved on Viet Cong supply bases along the Rach Beng River, the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia, and seized hundreds of tons of equipment
Struggle Against Chopper Blast: struggle against chopper blast fully equipped soldiers of the U.S. 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, struggle through the grass against the stormy blast from Botors of helicopter which landed them in Jungle clearing 70 miles North of Saigon on May 3, 1966. They moved on Viet Cong supply bases along the Rach Beng River, the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia, and seized hundreds of tons of equipment
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.134
The Yacht "Fleetwing" of N.Y., 212 Tons
The Yacht "Fleetwing" of N.Y., 212 Tons
Currier & Ives
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.101
The Yacht "Henrietta" of N.Y., 205 Tons
The Yacht "Henrietta" of N.Y., 205 Tons
Currier & Ives
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.102
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.91
They cut down our tree forts to put in some new houses. We want our trees back. They paid us five dollars to keep people back while they cut up the trees, but we're not going to keep anybody out.
They cut down our tree forts to put in some new houses. We want our trees back. They paid us five dollars to keep people back while they cut up the trees, but we're not going to keep anybody out.
Bill Owens
Date: 1972
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2023.12.67
Wheat for India's Millions: Indian longshoremen labor long hours with tin scoops to fill burlap bags with wheat on the docks of Bombay. Modern vessels have sped the grain halfway around the world, but at the docks the 20th century slips back to the 18th as dockworkers load wheat bags on turbaned heads and cattle drawn lorries for the trip inland, India
Wheat for India's Millions: Indian longshoremen labor long hours with tin scoops to fill burlap bags with wheat on the docks of Bombay. Modern vessels have sped the grain halfway around the world, but at the docks the 20th century slips back to the 18th as dockworkers load wheat bags on turbaned heads and cattle drawn lorries for the trip inland, India
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.196
Photo by John Bentham.
Three-panel screen
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Ink, crayon and chalk on paper, mounted on silk
Object number: 1993.24