Signboard along highway, Alabama
| Artist | Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990) |
|---|---|
| Title | Signboard along highway, Alabama |
| Date | March 1939 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 3/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.2 × 24.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.4.35 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a billboard featuring a shiny car with a person in the passenger seat waving out the window. Another person kneels outside the car by a palm tree to take their photograph. The text reads (in quotes that are also music notes): “THERE IS A HAPPY LAND NOT SO FAR AWAY” and below that (in regular quotes) “BUICK’S THE BEAUTY.” A small sign above the billboard reads “Packer.”
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"Signboard along highway, Alabama | 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.4.35