Object number:
A67.137.42016.3
Object name:
photonegative
Title:
Metropolitan Oakland; Changing Oakland
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
Fall, 1942
Material/Technique:
Nitrate film negative
Dimensions:
W: 4.25 in, H: 3.25 in
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Agfa Superpan Press film negative
Content description:
Handwritten on negative envelope: "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.
Concepts:
car lot; automobile; fence; sign; Victorian; World War II
Places:
Oakland
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