Object number:
A67.137.42106.6
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Defense" Housing for Incoming Hordes
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
July 11, 1941
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 photo paper. Back of contact sheet stamped with Lange's number. Contact sheet shows various format negatives.
Content description:
Images show small wooden homes in a housing development with a sign reading "Defense Home". Original description is "Richmond July 11, 1941 "Defense" Housing for Incoming Hordes".
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: Richmond Shipyards
Places:
Richmond, California
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