John Vachon
Riding Out to Bring Back Cattle, First Stages of Blizzard, Lyman County, South Dakota

Riding Out to Bring Back Cattle, First Stages of Blizzard, Lyman County, South Dakota

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Riding Out to Bring Back Cattle, First Stages of Blizzard, Lyman County, South Dakota
ArtistAmerican, 1914–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Riding Out to Bring Back Cattle, First Stages of Blizzard, Lyman County, South Dakota
Date1940, printed 1976
PlaceLyman County, South Dakota, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 × 13 7/16 in. (25.7 × 34.1 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.420
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso left side in pencil reading vertically "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-61720"
verso bottom right corner in pencil "Vachon"
verso center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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