Sp15 Hass - AMCULT 231 - Visual and Material American Culture Studies

The photograph is a portrait of a girl in a straw hat standing in front of a wooden fence.
Walker Evans
Lucille Burroughs, Daughter of a Cotton Sharecropper
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction #(318117 ICUSF34-110043)
View of a storefront with people sitting in front on benches and entering the shop through a doorway.
Walker Evans
Sidewalk Scene, Selma, Alabama
gelatin silver print on paper
7 15/16 in x 10 in (20.2 cm x 25.4 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
A frontal elevation view of a company store.
Walker Evans
Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm);7 9/16 in x 9 1/2 in (19.21 cm x 24.13 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
View of a rural schoolhouse with a bell on its front lawn.
Walker Evans
School with Separate Bell, Alabama
gelatin silver print on paper
7 15/16 in x 10 in (20.2 cm x 25.4 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);7 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in (19.3 cm x 24.5 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
Girls hanging from a horizontal pole. One girl is doing a handstand on the ground and the girl hanging from the pole is holding her feet.
John Vachon
Playground Scene, Irwinville School, Georgia, May
gelatin silver print on paper
2 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 6.31 x 23.5 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH, Library of Congress 606262-USF33-001158-M5
A group of girls standing next to the corner of a house. One is covering her face with her hand.
Russell Lee
Daughters of a Farmer at a School near the FSA Project
toned gelatin silver print on paper
14 x 11 in. ( 35.56 x 27.94 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (318116 - LC-USF33 - 11605 – MB)
This is a photograph of the side of a building with two posters advertising a movie and circus.
Walker Evans
Movie and Minstrel Show Posters on Brick Wall, Demopolis, Alabama
gelatin silver print on paper
18 in x 22 in (45.72 cm x 55.88 cm)
Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
A boy on the side of a dirt road holding a metal lunch box in his hands. He is smiling and wearing overalls. There are other children in the distance.
Marion Post Wolcott
Chidren Coming Home from School, Two Rivers, Non-Stock Cooperative, Co. Co-op
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (LC-31817 - ICUSF34 - 59673)
A group of children stand tightly packed together behind a wooden fence.  None of the children appear to be facing the camera except for one girl in a gingham dress at the center of the photo.  This girl, slightly smiling, displays the cover of a book she holds in her hand.
Ben Shahn
School Children
toned gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (318116 6-USF33-6147-M3B)
This photograph depicts a view of a young boy standing by a covered wooden wagon. The back of the wagon rests against the side of a wooden building, its front is unhitched and resting on a ground strewn with hay.  
Lewis W. Hine
Boy by Wagon
gelatin silver print on paper
4 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in (11.7 cm x 16.8 cm);4 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in (11.8 cm x 16.9 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.4 cm x 49 cm)
Museum Purchase
Ann Michalov
Tenant Farm
lithograph on paper
9 3/10 in x 13 in (23.65 cm x 33.02 cm)
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, New Deal art project
This photograph shows a young boy in overalls and standing before a wooden house missing his right arm.
Lewis W. Hine
Luther - 16 yrs. old. Right arm was cut off by a running saw in a box factory. Now attending school.
gelatin silver print on paper
6 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in (17.1 cm x 12.1 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);6 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in (17.6 cm x 12.5 cm)
Museum Purchase

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