Richwood, West Virginia. B.E. Thompson, editor of the Nicholson Republican, let his own son go to New York state to work in the harvest but feels the recruiting has interfered too much with schooling and feels that the break in education for many of the boys and girls will be permanent
| Artist | John Collier Jr. (American, 1913–1992) |
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| Title | Richwood, West Virginia. B.E. Thompson, editor of the Nicholson Republican, let his own son go to New York state to work in the harvest but feels the recruiting has interfered too much with schooling and feels that the break in education for many of the boys and girls will be permanent |
| Date | September 1942 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.16.10 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a middle-aged, light-skinned man sitting in front of a typewriter in an office interior. The man turns in his seat to face the camera. He wears his hair slicked back, a pair of round tortoiseshell glasses, a button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a tie, and a pair of suspenders.
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