Unemployed father with his son at a meeting called to organize the unemployed of North Platte, Nebraska

© Hansel Mieth

Unemployed father with his son at a meeting called to organize the unemployed of North Platte, Nebraska

Currently not on view

Unemployed father with his son at a meeting called to organize the unemployed of North Platte, Nebraska,

1938

Hansel (Johanna) Mieth, 1909–1998; born Oppelsbohm, Germany; died Santa Rosa, CA
2019-103

Information

Title
Unemployed father with his son at a meeting called to organize the unemployed of North Platte, Nebraska
Dates

1938

Maker
Hansel (Johanna) Mieth
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
33.3 × 26.2 cm (13 1/8 × 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-103
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Nebraska, North Platte

Inscription
in ink, verso, center: Hansel Mieth in ink, verso, center: Hansel Mieth © 1938 in ink, verso, center (vertical): 63 [in circle] in ink, verso, lower right (vertical): #9
Culture
American, German
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
sons, fathers, boys, men, photojournalism

Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund

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