Sign at Traveling Side Show "Crime Museum" Near Fort Bragg, N.C.
| Artist | Jack Delano (American, 1914–1987) |
|---|---|
| Title | Sign at Traveling Side Show "Crime Museum" Near Fort Bragg, N.C. |
| Date | March 1941 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 1/8 x 9 9/16 in. (18.1 x 24.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.5.1 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a canvas sign that depicts two men, one is shackled and being tortured in a chair, the other is standing up, turning a lever on the torture chair. Painted text on the sign reads: "Famous | Prisons & Torture Chambers | of the / World / Showing | Images of | [illegible]".
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"Sign at Traveling Side Show "Crime Museum" Near Fort Bragg, N.C. | 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.5.1