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Reality Makes Them Dream: American photography from 1929 to 1941 – in pictures

Reality Makes Them Dream: American photography from 1929 to 1941 – in pictures

A woman in a kitchen facing away from the viewer

Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990), One of the Wilkins family making biscuits for dinner on cornshucking day at Mrs. Fred Wilkins’ home near Tallyho, Granville County. North Carolina, 1939. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Gift of Judith Hochberg and Michael Mattis, 1986.295

An expansive exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University showcases work that inspired the imagination during a time of great turmoil.

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