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San Francisco Social Security office

San Francisco Social Security office

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
DateJanuary 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 13/16 × 7 1/4 inches (19.84 × 18.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4296
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, upper right, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "36015-3"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "75 / 3"; On sheet verso, center, in red pencil: "S3".
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DescriptionVintage print; image of jobless men standing in line to file unemployment claims.Exhibition History

Dignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.

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