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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Old Wishing Tree
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Old Wishing Tree

Artist G. R. MacKimmie
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (17.1 x 12.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 × 7 in. (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.798
Terms
  • Street
  • Tree
  • Girl
  • Norfolk, VA
On View
Not on view
DescriptionGelatin silver print; depicts a cobbled street with tracks in the foreground, a brick wall in the mid-ground; a large tree in the background, with white clapboard houses visible to either side of the tree. On the sidewalk in front of the brick wall is a small girl in white walking right, two men walking left. A utility pole is at the right of center.