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1956
GUSN-194334
Reed shot this image for "Life" magazine to illustrate a story on how the Air Force aids the families of its personnel. While documenting the relocation of a family, his eye was caught by this young boy on a tricycle making lazy circles around the gas station next door. The image captures perfectly the sense of transition--a country on the move--that pervades so much of Reed's work.
military bases
relocating
boys
families
service stations
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.050
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Life Magazine
Air Force (United States)
Pease Air Force Base (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
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