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Detroit beer parlot, Michigan

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitleDetroit beer parlot, Michigan
DateAugust 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.61
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a middle-aged, light-skinned man with a handlebar mustache gesturing towards the camera and holding two black castanets. He wears a pinstripe suit, a white shirt, and a striped tie with tie pin. He stands in an interior in front of a Coca-Cola sign and two peanut dispensers.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a middle-aged, light-skinned man with a handlebar mustache gesturing towards the camera and holding two black castanets. He wears a pinstripe suit, a white shirt, and a striped tie with tie pin. He stands in an interior in front of a Coca-Cola sign and two peanut dispensers.

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"Detroit beer parlot, Michigan | 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.3.61