Object number:
A67.137.42111.1
Object name:
photonegative
Title:
Soldier, Trailer Home
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
September 1944
Material / Technique:
Acetate film negative
Dimensions:
W: 3 in, H: 4 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Agfa Safety Film negative
Content description:
Handwritten on negative envelope (also in Proof Sheet Volume 37): "Soldier, trailer Home Sept - 1944 One of 2 brothers - air corps. Spending last furlough at home, in El Cerrito Camp. Has read Joyce, Farrell, Wolfe - wants to be a writer but has had no education "You can't just say the sunset is purty" Mother brought up 4 boys by working in laundry. Listens to town meeting of the air.
Concepts:
soldier; World War II; El Cerrito Trailer Camp; flower box; trailer
Places:
El Cerrito, California
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