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A lot of Unemployed Workers Spend Their Time at the Betting Walls, Strabane, Northern Ireland
A lot of Unemployed Workers Spend Their Time at the Betting Walls, Strabane, Northern Ireland

A lot of Unemployed Workers Spend Their Time at the Betting Walls, Strabane, Northern Ireland

Artist (American, 1929 – 2006)
Date1971
Period20th century
Mediumgelatin silver print (vintage)
DimensionsImage Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Object Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2014.134
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
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