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"Free air" at service station, Washington D.C.

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ArtistJohn Collier Jr. (American, 1913–1992)
Title"Free air" at service station, Washington D.C.
DateMay 1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.16.1
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a man using a rubber tube to inflate a car tire. The man crouches between two cars; he faces away from the camera, and his face is hidden.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a man using a rubber tube to inflate a car tire. The man crouches between two cars; he faces away from the camera, and his face is hidden.

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""Free air" at service station, Washington D.C. | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.16.1