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Through a Cross-Country Truck Window, Decatur, Illinois
Through a Cross-Country Truck Window, Decatur, Illinois

Through a Cross-Country Truck Window, Decatur, Illinois

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Dateca. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 13/16 × 13 1/2 inches (22.38 × 34.29 cm)
Mount: 8 13/16 × 13 1/2 inches (22.38 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2750
SignedArtist's stamp on mount verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELY AVENUE / CALIFORNIA"
InscribedWhite label adhered to mount verso, center, typed in black ink: ""THROUGH A CROSS-COUNTRY TRUCK WINDOW - DECATUR, ILLINOIS / FOR FREHAUF TRAILER COMPANY"
MarkingsWhite label adhered to mount verso, upper right corner, in blue pen: "Exh."; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "Photograph by Dorothea Lange / from my collection - Rondal Partridge".
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print. Image of the reflection from a truck's rear view mirror.
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