The Staff of Life

The Staff of Life

Photograph

Erich Hartmann

Maker
American, b. Germany, 1922–1999

The Staff of Life

Our Daily Bread


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (15.7 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0338
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Our Daily Bread) 8/62 16) THE STAFF OF LIFE..."Here is bread which \ strengthens man's heart, and is called the staff \ of life." (Matthew Henry) \ (The hands of Mrs. Leroy Becker of Centralia, Kansas, \ kneading the dough for her home-baked bread.) \ Credit Erich Hartmann © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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