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US Highway 80, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth, Roadside sign

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ArtistArthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)
TitleUS Highway 80, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth, Roadside sign
DateJanuary 1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18 × 24 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.2.23
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a roadside sign outside of a small town. A large sign features a cut out of a propeller plane and reads,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a roadside sign outside of a small town. A large sign features a cut out of a propeller plane and reads, "BLACKOUT DANDRUFF | WITH APEM". A smaller, handpainted sign below reads, "COOL ROOMS | GOOD MEALS".

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"US Highway 80, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth, Roadside sign | 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.2.23