Object number:
A67.137.56004.119
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Death an Disaster, US 40
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1956
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa brand photopaper. Lange number stamped on back. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 2.5 inch by 2.5 inch format.
Content description:
Original caption reads "Death & Disaster, US 40". Images show a wrecked car with a sign reading "Don't Let This Happen To You".
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: Post War California Environmental
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