Object number:
A67.137.45050.7
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Metropolitan Life, Retired Consumers
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1952
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 unlabeled photopaper. Lange number written on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of 2.25 inches by 2.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Oakland, SF / 1952 / Metropolitan Life / Retired - Consumers." Images of men standing on the sidewalk. Images of men walking out of a building labelled "Grand Daily Food Fair."
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: Post War California Urban Life
Places:
Oakland, California; San Francisco
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