Object number:
A67.137.45038.25
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Home is Where I Hang My Hat
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1954
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 35 millimeter format.
Content description:
Original description is "Oakland / '54 / Home is Where / In cafe, hat clipped to / chair, meaning -- / "Home is where I hang my hat." Images of clothes on clothing wires. Images of a hat clipped to the back of a cafe seat. Images of shells in a line. Images of a stack of newspapers.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: Post War California Urban Life; Dorothea Lange Project: Post War California Environmental
Places:
Oakland, California
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