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[5-cent Books]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1956-1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 inches (19.37 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1833
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed and mounted. Image of books on a bookshelf and a sign reading '5 cent books'.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[Ice Cold Watermelons]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1846
[Cross in window]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1959
2005.27.1860
[Cemetery statue, profile with moss spots]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1957
2005.27.1937
Self-portrait with bag over head
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1968
2005.27.1874
Comic Book Readers
Ruth Orkin
ca. 1945-1950; printed 1981
2005.27.2018
[Boy with glowing string]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1962
2005.27.1854
[Woman and boy in room]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1966
2005.27.1855
[Man between two doors]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1856
The Old South #2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1954-1955
2005.27.1857
[Girl in cellar door with flag]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1967
2005.27.1875
[Boy jumping off porch]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1876