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        "tombstone": "Our Kind of People: Tupperware, Bee Line Fashions, lingerie, wigs and now house plant parties have become popular. Everyone wants to have a fern in their front room, but more important they want to know how to take care of a plant that costs $20.00. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1969\u201375. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.8 x 21.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2019.279",
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        "title": "Tupperware, Bee Line Fashions, lingerie, wigs and now house plant parties have become popular. Everyone wants to have a fern in their front room, but more important they want to know how to take care of a plant that costs $20.00. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California",
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        "measurements": "Image: 16.8 x 21.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cV0098/4000\u201d",
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                "inscription": "Written in blue marker on verso: \u201cW190\u201d",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cBill Owens (signed)\u201d",
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                "description": "George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY",
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                "date": "December 2, 2019",
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        "did_you_know": "Visiting the United States in the 1830s, French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Americans \u201cwere forever forming associations.\u201d",
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        "description": "Owens\u2019s project <em>Our Kind of People</em>, shot mostly in the 1970s, explored American groups and rituals ranging from the Girl Scouts to Halloween parties in his native Northern California. With club membership declining today in America, the kind of formal and informal associations documented by Owens are now an endangered species.",
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