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Blackboard Problems, Montana

Artist Clifton Johnson (American, 1865 - 1940)
Dateca. 1910
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.51 x 11.43 cm)
Framed: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.37 x 31.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4040
InscribedTitled Verso Pencil Description: Full title: "Blackboard Problems, Montana. The boy seems to have struck a snag, and the girl is evidently going to finish first."
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DescriptionGelatin silver print with full title inscribed in pencil on back. Image of two school children at the blackboard.Exhibition History

American Photography: Recent Additions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO,  February 27 – May 14, 2000, no cat.

Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 26, 2009 –  February 21, 2010, no cat.

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