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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, Virginia, August 8, 1956

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    Object Details

    Artist

    O. Winston Link, born New York City 1914-died South Salem, NY 2001

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Vladimir and Eileen Toumanoff

    Copyright

    © 1984, O. Winston Link

    Date

    1956, printed later

    Object number

    1991.151.7

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Photography-Photoprint

    Medium

    gelatin silver print

    Dimensions

    sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Graphic Arts

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Figure group
    Architecture\vehicle\train
    Travel\land\automobile
    Landscape\Virginia\Vesuvius

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72fd0d526-7e77-4d9e-92b7-8f82d3b4c09e

    Record ID

    saam_1991.151.7

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