Arthur Rothstein
Postmaster, Old Rag, Virginia

Postmaster, Old Rag, Virginia

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Postmaster, Old Rag, Virginia
Date1935
Place depictedVirginia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 × 13 13/16 in. (27.1 × 35.1 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marion Post Wolcott
Object number79.242
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMarion Post Wolcott; given to MFAH, 1979.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom edge in pencil "372D-Postmaster, Old Rag, Virginia-1935"
verso bottom right in pencil "Arthur Rothstein"

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