Kunst Brothers in New York

Name/Title

Kunst Brothers in New York

Entry/Object ID

24.10.5

Description

Kunst Brothers Walking into New York City on October 7, 1970 the brothers accomplished the first leg of their walk around the world. They walked to Battery Park and touched the Atlantic Ocean. Willie Makeit was taken back to Waseca, Minnesota where the mule was kept by the Miller family and their 22 kids until the finish of the walk. Dave and John were given free airline tickets to Lisbon, Portugal where the next leg of the walk would start at the shores of the Atlantic ocean. The brothers would fly across the three major oceans and walk the land-mass of the earth to accomplish their feat.

Context

Walk around the World by Dave Kunst.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 7, 1970

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic, Digital

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

April 13, 2010

Update Date

June 24, 2025