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Black-and-white close-up photo of person wearing apron peeling potatoes into a basket on their lap
Peeling Potatoes, Advertisement for Jergens Lotion
Black-and-white close-up photo of person wearing apron peeling potatoes into a basket on their lap

Peeling Potatoes, Advertisement for Jergens Lotion

Artist (American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
Date1923
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 7 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in; secondary support: 10 in x 12 in; sheet: 8 in x 10 in
ClassificationPhotograph
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Hollander Family in honor of Morton and Mimi Schapiro
Object number2012.10.7
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