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Title
Boys by shower in basement, photograph
Creator
Young, Harry A., photographer

Institution
Western Michigan University

Subject
Basements

Subject
Showers (Plumbing fixtures)

Subject
Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935

Item Number
LA03a026

Relation
Part of Caroline Bartlett Crane "Everyman's House" Collection

Type
collection, image

Format
jpeg

Description
Photograph taken at "Everyman's House" located at 2026 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, MI, winner of the Better Homes in America 1924 Model Home contest, designed by Caroline Bartlett Crane. Four boys in jackets and knickers by basement shower, includes window, shower curtain, water heater, wringer-washer. Includes handwritten signature of photographer, Young, and note on back, "Basement shower". Photograph is mounted on decorative gray board, extending approximately 1 3/4 from edge of photograph. (Photographic print)

Boys by shower in basement, photograph

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