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School houses. Red House, West Virginia

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4001087


Item data

Title

School houses. Red House, West Virginia

Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs
Shahn, Ben

Names

United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1935-10

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 006147-A-M1.1

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: West Virginia
Content: Title and date from inscription on recto and from Library of Congress records for related photographs. NYPL print lacks negative number. Not in LC. See 006147-A-M1 for a similar photograph of the same subject.
Content: Picture Collection and other stamps, and manuscript number on verso. Resettlement Administration and Picture Collection stamps, and manuscript caption on recto.

Physical Description

Extent: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3472c880-c5db-012f-44e6-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1935-10

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "School houses. Red House, West Virginia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3472c880-c5db-012f-44e6-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. School houses. Red House, West Virginia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3472c880-c5db-012f-44e6-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "School houses. Red House, West Virginia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3472c880-c5db-012f-44e6-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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