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Sheriff Graham and two farmers killing time during dinner hour in his office on court day in Granville County court house, Oxford, North Carolina

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ArtistMarion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)
TitleSheriff Graham and two farmers killing time during dinner hour in his office on court day in Granville County court house, Oxford, North Carolina
DateNovember 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.3 × 24.3 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.4.22
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three light-skinned men wearing neckties sitting behind a wooden counter and facing the camera; a fourth person is cropped on the left side of the image. Behind them on the wall is a clock and three calendars advertising “HALL’S DRUG STORE”, “WILSON TIRE COMPANY”, and “WELCOME SERVICE STATION.”

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three light-skinned men wearing neckties sitting behind a wooden counter and facing the camera; a fourth person is cropped on the left side of the image. Behind them on the wall is a clock and three calendars advertising “HALL’S DRUG STORE”, “WILSON TIRE COMPANY”, and “WELCOME SERVICE STATION.”

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"Sheriff Graham and two farmers killing time during dinner hour in his office on court day in Granville County court house, Oxford, North Carolina | 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.4.22