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Sign near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

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ArtistEdwin Rosskam (American, born Germany, 1903–1985)
TitleSign near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
DateJuly 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.8 × 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.31.2
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a billboard at the edge of field. The billboard features the face of FDR; the text on the billboard is illegible. Five cows graze in the field.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a billboard at the edge of field. The billboard features the face of FDR; the text on the billboard is illegible. Five cows graze in the field.

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"Sign near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania | 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.31.2