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Cable Car, San Francisco

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/8 x 15 inches (38.42 x 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4192
SignedOn sheet verso, center, stamped in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "DL-C-ILL-229"
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DescriptionImage of a woman's crossed legs as she sits in an outside seat on a cable car. She's wearing dark heels and a dark skirt which falls below her knees.
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