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Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
Snakepit Operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma

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.
On View
Not on view
Terms
  • highways
  • billboards
  • advertising
  • roadsides
  • tourism
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