At the traveling side show "Crime Museum" with the owner an old war veteran, and some of his "Specimen" near Fort Bragg, N.C.
| Artist | Jack Delano (American, 1914–1987) |
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| Title | At the traveling side show "Crime Museum" with the owner an old war veteran, and some of his "Specimen" near Fort Bragg, N.C. |
| Date | March 1941 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 3/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.3 × 24.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.5.44 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a middle-aged, light-skinned man in a military uniform beside two human skulls and a pair of dressed mannequins. The nearest mannequin is a male mannequin wearing a cowboy hat and Western clothing; a farther mannequin is a girl with dark hair and a black brimmed hat.
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