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Ranch mailbox near Farson, Wyoming

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistMarion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)
TitleRanch mailbox near Farson, Wyoming
DateSeptember 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.6 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.4.18
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a makeshift mailbox propped in a barrel sitting at the end of a dirt road in a vast desert landscape. A small white sign on the left side of the image reads

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a makeshift mailbox propped in a barrel sitting at the end of a dirt road in a vast desert landscape. A small white sign on the left side of the image reads "BARNHART RANCH | 2 1/4 (?) MI" with an arrow pointing to the right.

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"Ranch mailbox near Farson, Wyoming | 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.4.18