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Steve Fitch, Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma, 1972, gelatin silver print, 10 × 1…
Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
Steve Fitch, Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma, 1972, gelatin silver print, 10 × 1…
Steve Fitch, Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma, 1972, gelatin silver print, 10 × 12 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Steve Fitch, 2021 (2021.10.2). © Steve Fitch. Photo by Blair Clark.

Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma

Artist (American, born 1949)
Date1972
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 12 in. (25.4 × 30.5 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Steve Fitch, 2021
Object number2021.10.2
DescriptionMost of composition is filled with a large hand-painted sign advertising a reptile ranch. Man at center stands on a small strip of earth at the bottom edge of the composition, wearing a hat and a sports coat over striped overalls. His arms are extended forward to display the long snake he holds in his hands.
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Terms
  • highways
  • billboards
  • advertising
  • roadsides
  • tourism
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