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Untitled [Woman stands on street, holds bag in one hand, window that reads Chesterfield in background]
Untitled [Woman stands on street, holds bag in one hand, window that reads Chesterfield in background]
Object number2015.12.1.173

Untitled [Woman stands on street, holds bag in one hand, window that reads Chesterfield in background]

Date1938
Artist
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/16 × 3 1/8 in. (13.2 × 7.9 cm)
Image: 4 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (12 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (recto): "OVER" Inscribed (verso): "Williamsburg VA" "This old colored woman was on her way to work in the kitchen (a separate building) of the Governors house. She was wearing many colors and had a dilver "trade dollar" as a breastpin." "She was carrying an umbrella, the handle can be seen hanging on her left wrist." "She charged 10¢ for her picture & spent the money for ginger snaps. We met her again in the "kitchen". Very quaint and talkative." "5/4/38"
BibliographyFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center: Other People's Pictures: Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Gift (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2017), p.60, repr.
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Other People's Pictures: Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Gift," July 14 - September 17, 2017.
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