Inhabitants In Front Of The Post Office, Nethers
Artist
Arthur Rothstein
(American, 1915-1985)
CultureAmerican
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 5/16 in. (17.8 × 23.7 cm)
Overall, Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of 132 FSA photographs of Virginia; all are gelatin silver prints.Label TextArthur Rothstein American (1915-1985) Inhabitants in Front of the Post Office, Nethers, Virginia, in Shenandoah National Park, October 1935 Gelatin-silver print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 84.78.4 ProvenancePurchased prints from Library of Congress (negatives on file at Library of Congress,) 1984.Exhibition History"Mountaineers to Main Streets: The Old Dominion as seen through the Farm Security Administration Photographs," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, May 3 - June 16, 1985. "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _Mountaineers to Main Streets: The Old Dominion as seen through the Farm Security Administration Photographs_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1985: p. 32.
