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Omaha joint, Saloon, Omaha, Nebraska

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitleOmaha joint, Saloon, Omaha, Nebraska
DateNovember 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (17.4 × 23.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.42
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two men at a glass counter containing cigars for sale in a saloon interior. A dark-skinned man in a knit cardigan faces the counter nearer to the camera; he is drinking from a dark bottle. Further down the counter, a light-skinned man in a suit and fedora hat plays dice at the counter.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two men at a glass counter containing cigars for sale in a saloon interior. A dark-skinned man in a knit cardigan faces the counter nearer to the camera; he is drinking from a dark bottle. Further down the counter, a light-skinned man in a suit and fedora hat plays dice at the counter.

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"Omaha joint, Saloon, Omaha, Nebraska | 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.3.42