Chinatown, San Francisco

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Chinatown, San Francisco

Currently not on view

Chinatown, San Francisco,

February 17, 1953

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
MWA 53-631-5

Information

Title
Chinatown, San Francisco
Dates

February 17, 1953

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.8 × 17.2 cm (7 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
MWA 53-631-5
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco, Chinatown

Inscription
inscribed on lower right of recto: 28 stamp on verso: FEB 17 1953 stamp on verso: 201 10
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs, black-and-white photographs
Subject
festivals, streetscapes, Chinatowns, figures (representations), dragons, storefronts

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

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