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Post office. Finlay, Texas

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistDorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)
TitlePost office. Finlay, Texas
DateMay 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 7 11/16 in. (19.2 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.8.10
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a rustic wooden building with many attached signs sitting on a dirt ground. Two signs read “GROCERIES”; additional signs read “POST-OFFICE | FINLAY, TEX.”; “MAIL | WEST 2:00 P.M. | EAST 3(?):45 P.M.”; “GOOD COFFEE”; “GRANGER | ROUGH CUT | COOL MILD”; “STAR TOBACCO”; and “DRINK Coca-[Cola].”

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a rustic wooden building with many attached signs sitting on a dirt ground. Two signs read “GROCERIES”; additional signs read “POST-OFFICE | FINLAY, TEX.”; “MAIL | WEST 2:00 P.M. | EAST 3(?):45 P.M.”; “GOOD COFFEE”; “GRANGER | ROUGH CUT | COOL MILD”; “STAR TOBACCO”; and “DRINK Coca-[Cola].”

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