Carl Mydans
Ill Housed, Ill Clad, Ill Nourished

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Artist Carl Mydans American, 1907–2004

Printer Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

CultureAmerican

Titles

Ill Housed, Ill Clad, Ill Nourished
Interior of wood shack built upon Ford truck chassis housing father, mother and seven children. This view shows the mother and two of her children. They were found on U.S. Route 70, between Bruceton and Camden, Tennessee, near Tennessee River.

DateMarch 1936, printed 1976

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (26.5 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (28 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky

Object number76.410

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: 53142/62 [underlined] // 29223 [reading vertically]
Stamped in black, verso, lower right: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: C Mydans

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