Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Jack Delano, artist

1914–1997

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1940

Where object was made: Pennsylvania, United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15.8 x 23.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 1/4 x 9 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 1986.0065

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Exhibition Label:
"Signs of Faith: Photographs from the Collection," Oct-2001, Elissa L.Anderson
Delano’s photograph of this billboard painted with this exclamatory religious message was made during the Depression for the New Deal’s Farm Security Administration. It speaks to the fervent religiosity felt during the economic crisis and in the years leading up to World War II.