A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations

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Title
A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Rothstein, Arthur

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-01
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 002994-M4 c.3
Topics
Herrin (Ill.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection includes four copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 29174
TMS Object Number: 002994-M4 c.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c2cd71b0-0277-0138-4e5e-2b129ce97a44
Rights Statement
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  • 1939: Created
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acdad700-027b-0138-0757-29d1fbc7eaf7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acdad700-027b-0138-0757-29d1fbc7eaf7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acdad700-027b-0138-0757-29d1fbc7eaf7

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A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Many residences in southern Illinois coal towns were built with money borrowed from building and loan associations