Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)
Place
United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left-right, in graphite: "Mr. R. B. Whitley in his general store. He also owns a cotton exchange, / real estate, + is president of the bank. Wendell, N. C. 1940"; verso, upper center, in graphite: "Archivally printed / Selenium toned"; verso, center, in graphite: "52709-D"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "Marion Post Wolcott"
Art Institute of Chicago, “After the Crash: Picturing the United States 1930-1943,” October 21, 2000–January 28, 2001. (Mark Pascal and Kristin Nagel Merrill)(Gallery 1)
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Concerned Photographer,” March 18–June 11, 2006. (Katherine Bussard, Newell G. Smith, Gregory Harris)
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