Portland Light and Gas Building, Portland

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Portland Light and Gas Building, Portland

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Portland Light and Gas Building, Portland,

1940

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
MWA 40-610.2-1

Information

Title
Portland Light and Gas Building, Portland
Dates

1940

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.4 × 17.3 cm (9 3/16 × 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 25.4 × 20.5 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
MWA 40-610.2-1
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Oregon, Portland

Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper left: 40 0610-2 / Public Service Building / from 5th and Yamhill Streets / Pacific Building at Right
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Subject
buildings, signs, shadows, utilities buildings, automobiles, cityscapes, buses, streetscapes

By bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum from Minor White (1908–1976).

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