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Title
Barn near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Carter, Paul, 1903-1938 (Photographer)
Farm Security Administration (American, active 1930s-1940s) (Sponsor)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Carter, Paul

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1935
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 010071-M1
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Title and date from caption on recto of copy 1. LC record lacks caption. Photograph is attributed to Shahn on recto of copy 1. This photograph is part of a number series that includes many "killed" images with holes punched through the negatives. Photograph could be by Paul Carter. The closest identified images in LoC are attributed to him. FSA Collection contains two copies of this photograph.
Content: See LoC 011009-B ("Barn built a century ago ... Near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania"), credited to Paul Carter and depicting the same building.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver print
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 54605
TMS Object Number: 010071-M1
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 671c26c0-f9b4-013c-13e0-0242ac110005
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1935: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barn near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a926d030-f9c2-013c-e222-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barn near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a926d030-f9c2-013c-e222-0242ac110004

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1935). Barn near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a926d030-f9c2-013c-e222-0242ac110004

Wikipedia Citation

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Barn near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.