- Titles The House of the Past (Proper)
- Artist Clarence John Laughlin, American, 1905 - 1985
- Medium gelatin silver print mounted to illustration board
- Dimensions sheet: 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm) image: 13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. (34.4 x 26.7 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Rena Hill Selfe, 1987.191
- Work Type photograph
- Classification Photographs
- Signature Lower right, on mount, in black ink (cursive): Clarence John Laughlin
- Inscription Recto, on mount, below image in black ink: House of the Past: 1947 Verso (oriented with image flipped): At top left, an ink stamp: Print No. _____ [handwritten ink ink: 1] / Photograph copyrighted [handwritten in ink a drawn arrow and "1973"] by / C.J. Laughlin / All Reproduction Rights Reserved In ink below stamp, cursive: Print made by / C. J. L. on 2/3/79 At bottom right, in black ink: 4747 / B# 672 / 2/3/79 / #5 [inscribed in circle] / R [inscribed in circle] 2/79 / 1 left (6/79) / Vision / (add [d's underlined] 1 more / At bottom center, in ink: House of the Past On both front and back at bottom right corner, in pencil: 0072