Photograph of the windmill fan and details at the top of a whirley-gig folk art piece. It is a scene depicting a man, with a hat and dressed in a red shirt and blue overalls, holding a metal piece that connects to his car. The car is black and has red wheels. On the end opposite the car are four fan blades that are painted red and white.
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Photograph of the windmill fan and details at the top of a whirley-gig folk art piece. It is a scene depicting a man, with a hat and dressed in a red shirt and blue overalls, holding a metal piece that connects to his car. The car is black and has red wheels. On the end opposite the car are four fan blades that are painted red and white.
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1 photograph : col. ; 3115 x 3939 px.
Notes
This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' Spring 2014 exhibit "The Cat's Out of the Bag: Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections." A whirley-gig folk art piece from circa 1920s, that was a 2013 acquisition piece from the Alexander M. Troup Collection.
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University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections
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