Object number:
A67.137.36000.5
Object name:
photograph
Title:
San Francisco Department Store Strike
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1937
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 photopaper. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches format and of the 2.25 inches by 2.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "SF Dept. Store Strike on Grant Ave. - During 8th week of strike. Demanding a $21 per week wage." Images show protesters with picket signs walking around on a city sidewalk outside a business.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: California in the Depression
Places:
San Francisco
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