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Paper mill, West Point, Va.

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitlePaper mill, West Point, Va.
DateMarch 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24.3 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.65
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a rural, patched paved road lined with wooden markers. The road extends from the bottom left corner of the image to the center right. The road cuts through a wheat field, and a factory with a billowing smokestack is visible on the horizon in the middle of the image.

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a rural, patched paved road lined with wooden markers. The road extends from the bottom left corner of the image to the center right. The road cuts through a wheat field, and a factory with a billowing smokestack is visible on the horizon in the middle of the image.

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"Paper mill, West Point, Va. | 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.3.65