Women at War: Spotter, Sam Shere

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Sam Shere, artist
1905–1982
Women at War: Spotter, 1942
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, October 1973, page 133
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 25.4 x 19.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 10 x 7 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0866
On display: Brosseau Learning Center

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“I was not allowed to do any work other than shell peas and sort corn kernels from the newly harvested corn because I was a city girl and the other types of work were considered too strenuous for me.” (p. 29)

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