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Spring housecleaning, Dubuque, Iowa

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitleSpring housecleaning, Dubuque, Iowa
DateApril 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.118
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts an elderly, light-skinned woman holding a straw broom outside of a two-story house. She appears to be in the process of sweeping her rugs. She stands on one rug with her broom, and a clothesline hung with more rugs extends behind her.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts an elderly, light-skinned woman holding a straw broom outside of a two-story house. She appears to be in the process of sweeping her rugs. She stands on one rug with her broom, and a clothesline hung with more rugs extends behind her.

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"Spring housecleaning, Dubuque, Iowa | 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.3.118