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Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

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ArtistMarion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)
TitleMelrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
DateJune 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.2 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.4.21
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a low building covered in signs, with a gas pump in front and two people sitting on the porch. Above the overhang on the right side, a sign reads “DRINK JAX | BEST BEER IN TOWN” in between two large cutouts of beer bottles. Below this reads “BARBEQUE and COLD BEER” and “FRENCHIE’S BAR.” A large sign on top of the building’s left side reads “REGAL | Prince of Golden Beers | WHISKEY.” Various smaller signs on the front of the building advertise soda, tobacco, and ice cream.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a low building covered in signs, with a gas pump in front and two people sitting on the porch. Above the overhang on the right side, a sign reads “DRINK JAX | BEST BEER IN TOWN” in between two large cutouts of beer bottles. Below this reads “BARBEQUE and COLD BEER” and “FRENCHIE’S BAR.” A large sign on top of the building’s left side reads “REGAL | Prince of Golden Beers | WHISKEY.” Various smaller signs on the front of the building advertise soda, tobacco, and ice cream.

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