Mrs. Myrtle Higgins of Learysville, N.Y. with some of the belongings she has packed preparing to move out of the area being taken over by the army. Mrs. Higgins has been selling eggs and berries in the town and her son added to her $2.00 a week income by working in a junk yard in Watertown, N.Y. She is moving to a farm near Mexico, N.Y.

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Mrs. Myrtle Higgins of Learysville, N.Y. with some of the belongings she has packed preparing to move out of the area being taken over by the army. Mrs. Higgins has been selling eggs and berries in the town and her son added to her $2.00 a week income by working in a junk yard in Watertown, N.Y. She is moving to a farm near Mexico, N.Y.

Artist Jack Delano (American, 1914–1987)

Title Mrs. Myrtle Higgins of Learysville, N.Y. with some of the belongings she has packed preparing to move out of the area being taken over by the army. Mrs. Higgins has been selling eggs and berries in the town and her son added to her $2.00 a week income by working in a junk yard in Watertown, N.Y. She is moving to a farm near Mexico, N.Y.

Date August 1941

Medium Gelatin silver print

Dimensions Image: 9 9/16 × 7 1/4 in. (24.3 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.3 × 20.6 cm)

Credit Line Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 79.200.XX.5.32

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