John Vachon
Traveling Salesman in Hotel Lobby, Elkins, West Virginia

ArtistAmerican, 1914–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Traveling Salesman in Hotel Lobby, Elkins, West Virginia
DateJune 1939, printed 1976
Place depictedElkins, West Virginia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.419
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil reading vertically "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-60037"
verso bottom right corner in pencil "Vachon"
verso lower right a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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