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This particular drawing is of the inside of her dormitory room at night and shows the ever popular pennant gracing the wall. She also decided to personalize the space with a framed picture. Most striking about this image is the “Positively No Smoking,” sign below the pennant. Iris has taken care to draw this in juxtaposition to an ashtray by the window, which is open for the smoke to escape. The ban on smoking in dormitory rooms was a way to promote a type of controlled environment that Iris decided to defy--at least through her drawing.]]> http://www.lib.jmu.edu/about_us/SpecialCollections.aspx]]> here, here, and here.]]> here.]]> 9x27.3x14.6cm]]> No copyright- United States]]> http://www.lib.jmu.edu/about_us/SpecialCollections.aspx]]>