Workers cutting and sorting lengths of aluminum rods at Aluminum Company of America factory

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

Workers cutting and sorting lengths of aluminum rods at Aluminum Company of America factory

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Workers cutting and sorting lengths of aluminum rods at Aluminum Company of America factory,

1939

Margaret Bourke-White, 1904–1971; born Bronx, NY; died Stamford, CT
for LIFE magazine
2018-33

Information

Title
Workers cutting and sorting lengths of aluminum rods at Aluminum Company of America factory
Dates

1939

Maker
Margaret Bourke-White
for LIFE magazine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34 × 25.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-33
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper center: Aluminium Co. of America | Bed of 26 [illegible] – | [illegible] "rounds" which | will eventually be used | in airplane propellers + pistons Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper center: #731234 Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: p16#20 Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower center: PF84190
Marks/Labels/Seals
Photographer's stamp in red ink, verso, center: PHOTO BY | MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Stamp in black ink, verso, lower left: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. | No reproduction, commercial display or other | use is permitted without express written | permission of the copyright holder. Stamp in blue ink, verso, center right: 4176
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
factories, men, structural aluminum

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

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