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Coal miner's child, Omar, West Virginia by Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB

Coal miner's child, Omar, West Virginia

Coal miner's child, Omar, West Virginia

1935

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 16.4 x 24.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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