id:			322093
accession number:	2018.410
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.410
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:04.025000

Our Kind of People: I think the time George spent in the Navy set him back in his education. The Navy was four wasted years in George's life. There was very little he learned there that will help him on the outside. His chance of getting into a good college are slim. He will have to go to junior college first. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, c. 1970. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Gelatin silver print; paper: 20.3 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 1/16 in.); image: 15.5 x 21 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.410

title:				I think the time George spent in the Navy set him back in his education. The Navy was four wasted years in George's life. There was very little he learned there that will help him on the outside. His chance of getting into a good college are slim. He will have to go to junior college first. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
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series:				Our Kind of People
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creation date:			c. 1970
creation date earliest:		1965
creation date latest:		1975
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)  - artist
American photographer, born 1938
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measurements: Paper: 20.3 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 15.5 x 21 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto, upper right corner: "71%"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on recto, upper right corner: 8mm x 5mm scribble
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on recto, upper right corner: "72% (crossed out several times with black ink)"
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto, upper right corner: "103% (crossed out with with zigzag line drawn in blue ink)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso, upper left corner: "VO324"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso, upper left corner: "4000"
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	inscription:	Written in green ink on verso: "(63)"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on white, rectangular, paper label adhered to verso: "I think the time George spent in the     k-38/ Navy set him back ink his education./ The Navy was four wasted years in/ George's life. There was very little/ he learned there that will help him on/ the outside. His chances of getting/ into a good college are slim. He will/ have to go to a junior college first."
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on yellow, rectangular, paper label adhered to verso: "K38 (written) PHOTO RELEASE/ I HEREBY GIVE BILL OWENS PERMISSION TO USE/ MY NAME, PHOTOGRAPHERS, TAPE RECORDINS AND/ TO PUBLISH THE SAME - WITHOUT INCURRING ANY/ LIABILITY TO ME OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER/ name:.....Gary Y. Brown (written)..../ address: 11718 lach(?) Dr. (written) ....city:...Dublin (written)....date: 14 August (written)...."
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "K-38"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Wm Owens (signed)"
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