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Photograph of Melrose Federal Art Center, Melrose, New Mexico

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    Object Details

    Creator

    United States. Work Projects Administration. Art Program

    Place of publication, production, or execution

    No place, unknown, or undetermined

    Physical Description

    1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.

    Summary

    One black and white photograph from the Works Progress Administration Art Program from the late 1930s. Photograph depicts the first location of the Melrose Federal Art Center.
    Identification (stamped and handwritten on verso: Federal Sponsored Community Art Center Name: Melrose Federal Art Center; Address: Melrose, New Mexico; Subject: Melrose Art Center; Please give credit line to Work Progress Administration Federal Art Project
    Description (typescript) on attached note verso: An abandoned store in Melrose, New Mexico was the first home of the Art Center. Now it is housed in the new courthouse building.

    Citation

    United States. Work Projects Administration. Art Program. Photograph of Melrose Federal Art Center, Melrose, New Mexico, 193-. Holger Cahill papers, 1910-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

    Use Note

    Current copyright status is undetermined

    Location Note

    Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

    Date

    193-

    Record number

    (DSI-AAA)19995

    Type

    Photographs

    Place

    Melrose, New Mexico

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    Holger Cahill papers, 1910-1993, bulk 1910-1960

    Data Source

    Archives of American Art

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Record ID

    AAADCD_item_19995

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