North Platte, Unemployed

© Hansel Mieth

North Platte, Unemployed

Currently not on view

North Platte, Unemployed,

1938

Hansel (Johanna) Mieth, 1909–1998; born Oppelsbohm, Germany; died Santa Rosa, CA
2019-102

Information

Title
North Platte, Unemployed
Dates

1938

Maker
Hansel (Johanna) Mieth
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26 × 33.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-102
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Nebraska, North Platte

Inscription
In blue ink, verso, upper center: Mieth HAGEL | North Platte, Unemployed | 1938 In blue, verso, upper center: NORTH [...] Stamped, verso, upper center: 63 In blue ink, verso, upper center: 64 [in circle] In red ink, verso, lower left [vertical]: Otto Hagel In blue ink, verso, lower left: #9
Culture
German, American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, groups of people, children (people by age group), men

The artist; [Deborah Bell Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

Unemployed Workers Meeting, North Platte, Nebraska

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