William Gedney Photographs and Writings: Cross Country, 1966-1967

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The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989. Subjects include photographs of cross country road trips; rural New York; Manhattan; Brooklyn; rural Kentucky; Hippies in San Francisco; composers; gay rallies and demonstrations; St. Joseph's School for the Deaf; India; England; Ireland; France; and, a large number of nocturnal pictures.

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- California (69)
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- 1966 or 1967 (40)
- ca. 1966 (8)

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On March 16, 1966, Gedney received word of the award of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for him to do "Photographic Studies of American Life." The fellowship was for the period of time between June 1966 and May 1967. Under the auspices of this fellowship, but with no particular agenda, Gedney purchased a Suburban Carryall, loaded it with the necessary items, and set out across the United States. He made pictures in cities and towns across the midwest and on the West coast, including Ohio, Illinois, South Dakota, and California.

Woman standing by malt shop on a city street.	Houses and stop sign on corner at night.	Hispanic teenage boy sitting a the wheel of a car.	House with large front porch and a billboard in front at night.
View into lighted room from outside through a door and a window.	Abandoned cars in a field; Abandoned cars with plants growing through the body; Abandoned cars upside down; Children dragging an upside-down turtle through a field.	African-American children playing baseball in dirt field while women and boy look on.	Young man sitting on car with "Cock Wagon" logo.
Woman looking into window of jewelry store.	Women talking in yard by trees.	Teenagers in pool hall; children brushing each other's hair; teenagers on the street.	Ferris wheels; dining set with Jesus, JFK, and the Virgin Mary depicted on the plates; children watching television in a store; crowd sitting in bleachers; football game; Easley Blackwood; teenagers playing pool; museum.
Bicycles lying on the ground.	Elderly African-American woman; Hispanic boys working on bicycle; Children at playground; Young women with baby.	Two boys playing under elevated train tracks; teens out on street; boy playing on staircase of apartment building.	Hispanic workers on Rent Strike; Poster: "How do the Communists Work? Come Find Out! U.S. Freedom Club"
Hispanic teenagers on a bicycle; Abandoned, upside-down car in front of country shack; Hispanic workers having a meeting around a white pickup truck.	Man sleeping on a couch, lamp near him.	Farm workers on strike, hispanic man with hat holding sign.	Teenagers playing pool in a sunlit hall.
Car parked in front of Lovejoy apartments.	Boys playing football in the street.	Teenage boy holding baby.	Parmelee South Dakota Post Office at night.
Children playing baseball on a dirt field.	Man and boys in park.	Three women dressed in black mourning in cemetery after funeral.	Woman and children getting into car.
Hispanic men and women gathered around cars.	Woman standing in a doorway.	Hispanic man and woman sitting in car with "Viva La Huelga" written on front.	Teens on street; children playing in car, with fire hydrant; elevated train tracks.

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