Object number:
A67.137.93828
Object name:
text panel
Title:
Three Mormon Villages
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
August 1953
Material / Technique:
Paper and ink
Dimensions:
H: 16.188 in, W: 11.188 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
One of a series of mock-up panels (A67.137.93807-.93829) for a proposed magazine article on Three Mormon Villages. Paper with printed text.
Content description:
Text captions to accompany photographs of landscapes and people in three towns in Utah, as the mockup for a proposed magazine article. A shortened, simplified version of the article eventually appeared in Life magazine in 1954.
Concepts:
Mormon; Dorothea Lange Project: Three Mormon Towns; story; memorabilia; text; magazine
Places:
St. George, Utah
Persons:
Daniel Dixon; Brigham Young
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