Can't Eat Don't Buy, Picket Line, Virginia (Primary Title)
Eve Arnold, American, 1912–2012 (Photographer)
Typed publication (Look Magazine?) label affixed to verso, with "Virginia" inscribed in an unidentified hand in blue ink and "60- 12-8/16" inscribed in an unidentified hand in graphite: " EVE ARNOLD "NON VIOLENCE IN SOUTH" / SN 60-12 RF 8/16 P20/ "The reason the negro is picketing, is to achieve the simple state of human dignity. / We have the weapons- conscience and morality. All it takes is courage and deter- / mination. Two hours is a long time to walk if you are not going anywhere. I sing / songs to myself, sometimes recite chemical formulae, recite Poe's Annabelle Lee, and/ count my steps."
Stamped in black ink on verso: "ORGINIAL / PRINT / MUST BE / RETURNED"
Stamped in red ink on verso: "CREDITS!!! / Incorrect credits will result in double reproduction fees."
Look Magazine stamp in black ink, with additional black ink stamps within when noted with single quotations and black ink inscriptions when noted with asterisks, all marks then scratched through with black ink (stamp partially covered by labels affixed overtop): “LOO[K,faded] / MAGA[ZINE, faded] / Photo(s) No.’185' / Photographer / Received 'May 24 1980' / Purchased / Amount *2,000* / [Rights, covered by label] 'FIRST PUBL.' / [UNSK, covered by label] / [I, covered by label ]ssue Date".
Eve Arnold Magnum credit stamp in purple ink with lower half covered by Magnum Photos Ltd. address label affixed overtop, on verso: “PLEASE CREDIT / EVE ARNOLD- MAGNUM....".
John Hillenson copyright stamp in blue ink, with upper half covered by Magnum Photos Ltd. address label affixed overtop, on verso: “...145, FLEET ST. LONDON, E.C.4. / Tel. FLEst Street 7884 [‘7884’ crossed through with blue ink; with correction "4551" inscribed in blue ink]/ [BAYwater 7389, faded]".
Three typed Magnum Photos Ltd. address labels, overlapping one another and partially covering Eve Arnold Magnum credit stamp and John Hillenson copyright stamp: " MAGNUM PHOTOS Ltd. / MORELAND BUILDINGS/ 2nd FLOOR/ 23-25 OLD STREET/ LONDON EC1V 9HL / Tel: 01 490.1771 (Four Lines)".
Inscribed in an unidentified hand in black ink along upper edge right verso: "School for Non-Violence".
Inscribed in an unidentified hand in blue pencil, then scratched through with graphite, along left edge, right on verso: "54.6".
Inscribed in unidentified hands in graphite in verso:” 60-12”, "3 u", "Picket line/ Virginia USA/ 1960/ by Eve Arnold", and " 5 9/16'' x 3 1/4''D /including 1 1/5 pt rule/ all lound [?]".
Inscribed in an unidentified hand in blue ink in lower right corner verso: “1419/5".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
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