William Gedney Photographs and Writings: Kansas, 1969

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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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- Harold Elder (1)
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- 1969 (29)
- 1969 June 3 (5)
- 1969 May (3)
- 1969 May 27 (3)

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In 1969, William Gedney was one of six American photographers chosen to document the work of the Social Security Administration. He was assigned to Hays, Kansas, where he photographed the Social Security offices and Social Security recipients in their homes and on their farms. He also spent time making portraits of patients at the Norton State Hospital.

Older woman seated in shade, holding glasses.	Gary Hana helping elderly people in Philipsburg Courthouse.	Young man with pitchfork, barns.	Doctor talking with patient; Gary Hana helping elderly woman and elderly couple at Social Security office.
Auto show; woman helping elderly man at Social Security office; doctor talking to male patient at Hadley Hospital.	Alan Meskinen at Bondurant Grain Co. with worker Wendel Rohr.	Gary Hana help the elderly and a woman with a young boy at the Norton Courthouse.	Young man wearing t-shirt.
Young man sitting on bed in front of blank wall.	Boy filling out card as man behind desk waits.	Gary Hana helping elderly at Norton Courthouse; Hana helping Ms. Clara Burd at her home in Norton; Hana helping Ms. Almena in her home in Norton.	Man with tie explaining forms to seated woman with small dog in lap.
Young man with scar on face wearing apron working on a bicycle.	Leo Rajewski with boys on farm; Storefronts and buildings of Kansas City; workers and patients at Norton State Hospital.	Patients and workers pose outside for camera at Norton State Hospital	Patients and workers pose inside and outside for camera at Norton State Hospital.
Doctor with shirtless male patient looking over papers. Man is in bed.	Alan Meskinen helping clients at the Ness City Courthouse.	Elderly woman with scarf on head speaking to man behind a desk. Man in background waits in a chair.	Seated older man with cap, scraping mud off of boot in shade.
Gary Hana helping the elderly at Norton Courthouse.	Mr. and Mrs. Rymph farming; Mr. and Mrs. Ostrum stand and sit in shade; Harold Elder saws wood, poses.	Gary Hana helping the elderly at Philipsburg Court House.	Young man.
Elderly man with hat speaking to dark-haired woman at desk.	Elderly woman with hair net and glasses looking at man behind desk, holding a Social Security card.	Two young women and an older woman watching man behind desk explain a paper.	Seated elderly man listening to man at desk; four elderly people waiting in folding chairs in the background
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kraus and son on farm.	Young man with pained expression.	Gary Hana helping the elderly at the Philipsburg Courthouse and talking with co-workers.	Two young men in front of car.

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