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Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Saint Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison, Kansas
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation

Saint Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison, Kansas

Portfolio/SeriesThe Monks of a Kansas Abbey Lead a Cloistered Life of Devotion, LIFE, December 26, 1955
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1955, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 12 x 8 1/8 in. (304.8 x 206.4 mm)
SHEET: 14 x 11 in. (355.6 x 279.4 mm)
FRAME: 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.447
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Description

Photography by Parks. Essay by another author. LIFE, December 26, 1955. Not published in final essay.

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