Mechanical Ditch Digger (San Francisco)

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Mechanical Ditch Digger (San Francisco)

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Mechanical Ditch Digger (San Francisco),

1949

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-1372

Information

Title
Mechanical Ditch Digger (San Francisco)
Dates

1949

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16 × 24.2 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 18.3 × 25.2 cm (7 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-1372
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Signatures
signed in ink on verso, center: Minor White
Inscription
black stamp on verso: GAMMA / PICTURE AGENCY / 203 WEST 81 STREET / NEW YORK 24, N.Y. / TR 3-0194 & 0195 Title handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Mechanical Ditch Digger, San Francisco Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower right: belongs to Cal. Historical Society
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
machinery, construction equipment, streetscapes, building sites

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

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