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Ten grade school kids sitting around TV set in living room, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ten grade school kids sitting around TV set in living room, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ten grade school kids sitting around TV set in living room, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Artist Francis Miller (American, 1905 - 1973)
Date1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (27 x 33.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2009.37.8
InscribedOn back in pencil: "School by T.V. In living room students from neighborhood watch hygiene program while mother of four of them looks in from kitchen. / Dental hygiene featuring 2 hand puppets / Davis Lorese." Stamp on back reads: "Used in Life, Feb. 12, 1951 p. 98."
MarkingsStamp on back reads: "Life Photo by Francis Miller."
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DescriptionGroup of ten children and a dog sitting in a living room gathered around a television set, while a woman washes dishes in the background, looking on.Exhibition History
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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