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Pie Town, NM

Artist (American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1940 (printed 1990)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (18.4 × 24.1 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.153
DescriptionMan pumping gas into car, sign on gas pumps is Standard Gasoline. Small sign off side of pump reads: "gasoline 14/Texas 6/Total 20." Man wears cowboy hat & boots. Pie Town Cafe, General Merchandise Store & other bldgs in long row across st.
Text Entries
10/16/1998-1/25/1999
1990.422
36721-D
Exhibited: "Land, Sky, And All That Is Within: Visionary Photo-
graphers In The Southwest". Curated by James L. Enyeart
MFA
Verso bottom left: "36721-D-Lee-Pie Town"
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Not on view
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