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        "tombstone": "Our Kind of People: One of the oldest traditions of the Lions Club is the \"fine,\" which is collected in a chamber pot called a tail-twister kitty. Members are fined if they goof up by not wearing Lions pins, talking while the president is talking, interfering with the general meeting, advertising their place of business or by being late. We are a civic organization. Our motto is \"We Serve.\" Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy. Livermore, California, 1969\u20131975. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Gelatin silver print; image: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 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, 2020.316",
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        "title": "One of the oldest traditions of the Lions Club is the \"fine,\" which is collected in a chamber pot called a tail-twister kitty. Members are fined if they goof up by not wearing Lions pins, talking while the president is talking, interfering with the general meeting, advertising their place of business or by being late. We are a civic organization. Our motto is \"We Serve.\" Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy. Livermore, California",
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        "creation_date": "1969\u20131975",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
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        "measurements": "Image: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 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: \"V0180/3500\"",
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            {
                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"Bill Owens (signed)\"",
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            {
                "inscription": "Written in black marker on verso: \"0-152\"",
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            {
                "inscription": "Commercially imprinted throughout verso: \"Agfa\"",
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                "description": "George Stephanpoulos [1961-], New York, NY",
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                "date": "?-2020",
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "December 7, 2020",
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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\u2019 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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        "creditline": "Gift of George Stephanopoulos",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:58.166000"
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