Pedestrian waiting for streetcar in this quiet town where there have been recent Nazi outbreaks on the Polish border, Czechoslovakia

© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Pedestrian waiting for streetcar in this quiet town where there have been recent Nazi outbreaks on the Polish border, Czechoslovakia

Currently not on view

Pedestrian waiting for streetcar in this quiet town where there have been recent Nazi outbreaks on the Polish border, Czechoslovakia,

1937

Margaret Bourke-White, 1904–1971; born Bronx, NY; died Stamford, CT
for LIFE magazine
2018-30

Information

Title
Pedestrian waiting for streetcar in this quiet town where there have been recent Nazi outbreaks on the Polish border, Czechoslovakia
Dates

1937

Maker
Margaret Bourke-White
for LIFE magazine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24 × 18.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 24.3 × 18.4 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-30
Place Depicted

Europe, Czechoslovakia

Inscription
Inscribed on verso, upper right: #731615 Inscribed in graphite on verso, center: Main street of | Mairis [?] Ostrava | where there have been | recent Nazi outbreaks | on Polish border. Inscribed in graphite on verso, center: Maravia [?] Inscribed in blue on verso, lower center: #1958-B Inscribe in blue ink on verso, lower right: x Czeckoslovakia - Cities - Inscribed in blue on verso, lower right: Ostrava Inscribed on verso, lower center: PF84153
Marks/Labels/Seals
Photographer's stamp in red ink, verso, center: PHOTO BY | MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Stamp in red ink, verso, upper left: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION Stamp in black ink, verso, lower right: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. | No reproduction, commercial display or other | use is permitted without express written | permission of the copyright holder.
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
streetcars, cityscapes, figures (representations)

[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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