Two men in a pile of gourds
Two men in a pile of gourds

Currently not on view

Two men in a pile of gourds,

1940

Unknown photographer
2016-434

Information

Title
Two men in a pile of gourds
Dates

1940

Maker
Unknown photographer
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 10.5 × 6 cm (4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.) sheet: 12.5 × 8.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Object Number
2016-434
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Illinois, Springfield

Inscription
handwritten on verso, in ink; Orville Knuckalls/+ Bill Bromel/taken in Springfield/1940/717 Main St./Peoria Ill
Type
snapshots, gelatin silver prints, photographs
Subject
men, watermelon, shadows

Acquired by Peter J. Cohen, after 1985; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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