Mural-Ariel-Rios-Brook-2
Photograph of mural "Reading the family letter" by Alexander Brook at the Ariel Rios Federal Building in Washington, D.C. Notes: * Date: 1939; dimensions: 11' 2" x 6' 3". * Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. * Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. * Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,. * Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083). * Forms part of: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Mural information from the General Services Administration In Reading the Family Letter, Brook depicts the mail's role in helping to alleviate the loneliness and homesickness experienced by young men working far from home during the Depression. The picture shows five CCC men, who would have lived together in military-style camps and worked in teams planting trees, maintaining roads, and preserving wildlife. The bare chest of one worker signals the strength and fortitude required to perform eight hours of manual labor each day, and reinforces the heroic image of CCC workers. The man featured in the right half of the composition, howev
- Date
- 2011-09
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,754 × 4,847 pixels
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Reason: Carol M. Highsmith Archive: dedicated to the public domain by the photographer.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Highsmith; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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"Mural-Ariel-Rios-Brook-2" (2011-09). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural-Ariel-Rios-Brook-2.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 143709.
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