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I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter.
I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter.

I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter.

Portfolio TitleSuburbia
Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Dateca. 1972; printed 1998
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsUnframed: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Koch in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2007.54.71
SignedVerso: artist's signature in pencil; photographer's stamp: "Copyright Bill Owens/ Publishers Copy/ Printed 1998"
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionBoy holding a rifle, seated on a Big Wheels.
Portfolio; These prints were made in 1998 at the time of the publication of a new (expanded) edition of the original Suburbia book.
Copyright© Bill Owens
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A Cop Just Came In. He Says He Wants You to Cash a Check.
A Cop Just Came In. He Says He Wants You to Cash a Check.
Garrett Price
n.d.
R69-3/4
JULY.4.1969. HI NABOR'! IF THAT = OLD GEE - ZER'S IN HEAVEN, LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE SAYS, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DEVIL WOULDN'T HAVE HIM. QUOTE. FIRE AND HAIL. SNOW AND VAPOUR. STORMY WIND FUL-LFILLING HIS WORD: PSALMS=148=8.
JULY.4.1969. HI NABOR'! IF THAT = OLD GEE - ZER'S IN HEAVEN, LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE SAYS, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DEVIL WOULDN'T HAVE HIM. QUOTE. FIRE AND HAIL. SNOW AND VAPOUR. STORMY WIND FUL-LFILLING HIS WORD: PSALMS=148=8.
Jesse Howard
1969
2017.17.2
Image Not Available for Soldiers from West and East; His Gun sight was on my camera
Soldiers from West and East; His Gun sight was on my camera
Toni Frissell
2005.27.5154
recto sheet overall
In Front of Ways St. Georgie Weiss and Floyd and His New Gun
Unknown
1918
2015.9.265
This is Valerie's world in miniature. She makes it what she wants it to be...without war, racial hate or misunderstanding. Ken and Barbie (dolls) are man and woman rather than Mom and Dad. They enjoy living and having a camper truck is the good life.
This is Valerie's world in miniature. She makes it what she wants it to be...without war, racial hate or misunderstanding. Ken and Barbie (dolls) are man and woman rather than Mom and Dad. They enjoy living and having a camper truck is the good life.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.34
recto image overall
Tom Thumb with his Father and Brother, Playing Cards
Unknown
ca. 1860
2005.27.4888
Tuo-Tuo, our dog, is a very expensive household pet. It costs 30¢ a day to feed him-that's $109 a year-and $13 a month to have him groomed-that's $155 a year-not including the vet bill. We spend over $350 a year, but we don't care. We love him.
Tuo-Tuo, our dog, is a very expensive household pet. It costs 30¢ a day to feed him-that's $109 a year-and $13 a month to have him groomed-that's $155 a year-not including the vet bill. We spend over $350 a year, but we don't care. We love him.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.14
Know the Casual Abandon of the Bear, and His Pose - He Swats Up the Fish Like His Own Little Toys
Know the Casual Abandon of the Bear, and His Pose - He Swats Up the Fish Like His Own Little Toys
Arthur Tress
1988
F96-47/2
The vast ceremonial hall of the château dwarfing Picasso and his son Paulo, as the artist explains his daydream plans for the vaulted room, which he never touched
The vast ceremonial hall of the château dwarfing Picasso and his son Paulo, as the artist explains his daydream plans for the vaulted room, which he never touched
David Douglas Duncan
1956-1959; printed 2013
2014.11.132
We moved up to a nicer house. We thought we'd do better, but the real estate man got us. Closing costs were supposed to be $295 but they turned out to be $750. They have you where they want you-you've already moved into the house.
We moved up to a nicer house. We thought we'd do better, but the real estate man got us. Closing costs were supposed to be $295 but they turned out to be $750. They have you where they want you-you've already moved into the house.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.7
Quaker Guns, Manassas
Quaker Guns, Manassas
George N. Barnard
1862
2005.27.3197
recto overall
American helicopter gunner machine guns Viet Cong
Larry Burrows
1964
2014.35.1