Object number:
2000.1.1359
Object name:
photograph
Maker:
Wendy Lamm
Date made:
July 11, 1991
Material / Technique:
silver gelatin
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
A young woman, whose name is Cathy Guise or Goise White, is seated behind, and resting her arms on, a table. Above her is a a paper "vendor's booth" that has a sign on top that reads "Psychiatric Help 5 [cents]" The sign is a derivative of a well-known theme in Charles Schulz's Peanuts syndicated comic strips between 1950-2000. To amplify the comic strip theme, there are a number of framed comics strips on the corner walls behind the young woman.
Concepts:
comic strip; psychiatrist; booth
Persons:
Cathy Guise White; Charles Schulz
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