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American Gothic (Q17522178)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Gordon Parks  (1912–2006)  wikidata:Q365682 q:en:Gordon Parks
 
Gordon Parks
Alternative names
Birth name: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks; Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks; Gordon Alexander Parks; Gordon A. Parks
Description American film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist, screenwriter and journalist
Date of birth/death 30 November 1912 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 2006 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Fort Scott Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Chicago; Minneapolis; New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q365682
Title
American Gothic (Q17522178)
Description
Gordon Parks' American Gothic. Portrait of government cleaning woman Ella Watson.
Date August 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-08-00T00:00:00Z/10
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID fsa.8b14845.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b14845
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B/W photo of a somber middle-aged Black janitress wearing rimless glasses and polka dot dress stares to the side. A corn broom head up is in front of her and mop head up behind her. A large American flag hangs vertically above in the back unfocused.

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Black and white photo of a somber middle-aged black janitress wearing rimless glasses and a polka dot dress stares off to the side. She is holds a corn broom head up and wet mop head up behind her. A large American Flag hangs vertically in the background, slightly out of focus. (English)

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