Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa photopaper. Back of contact sheet stamped with Lange's number. Contact sheet shows 3 negatives of the 3 and 1/4 by 4 and 1/4 format.
Content description:
Original description is "Metropolitan Oakland Fall 1942 Feeble Tryout, Deciding whether to undertake the series. Dam lazy. Oakland, under the war impact, is changing fast now. It was a home-town once. " Images show a used car lot with a Victorian house in the background.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: Bay Area in Wartime
Places:
Oakland
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