Morse Code (Gattinara, Italy)
Date2000
Artist
Jill Mathis
(American photographer, born 1964)
MediumDigital chromogenic print
Dimensionsimage: 16 × 12 1/16 in. (40.6 × 30.6 cm)
sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Francis McIntyre, 2006
Object number2006-76.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextDuring the Civil War telegraph lines were often strung in the vineyards among the grapes and vines to disguise their location. The popular phrase, "I heard it through the grapevine" was developed from this practice of passing news from one location to another.
