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Rural mailbox and hollyhocks, Morgan County, Indiana

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitleRural mailbox and hollyhocks, Morgan County, Indiana
DateJune 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.18
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a mailbox with a patch of hollyhock flowers growing behind it. The mailbox is mounted on a rough hewn wooden post, and the name and address

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a mailbox with a patch of hollyhock flowers growing behind it. The mailbox is mounted on a rough hewn wooden post, and the name and address "CARL SANDSTROM | R. R. 20 - 440." is stenciled on the side. A dirt road, fields, and trees are visible in the background.

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"Rural mailbox and hollyhocks, Morgan County, Indiana | 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.3.18