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On the Plains a Hat Is More Than a Covering by Susan Steinhauser, Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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On the Plains a Hat Is More Than a Covering

On the Plains a Hat Is More Than a Covering

On the Plains a Hat Is More Than a Covering

Susan Steinhauser Dorothea Lange

1938

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image/sheet: 32 × 26.3 cm (12 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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