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Richland Center, Wisc.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a ramshackle building made of wooden planks and a wooden door. Words are painted on the side of the building reading,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a ramshackle building made of wooden planks and a wooden door. Words are painted on the side of the building reading, "STOP | AND ASK | AND READ | ABOUT THE | SS LIARS | CITY AND | COUNTY | AND CIR | CUIT JUDGE | THEM ASK | LIKE FRANCE | RICHLAND CENTER | LACKS LEADERS | OF CORSE THEY ARE | LIKE GERMANY ON | STEALING THIS | LAND".

Artist John Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
Title Richland Center, Wisc.
Date July 1941
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions Image: 7 3/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.3 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 79.200.XX.3.55

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Publisher Farm Security Administration

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