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Dock workers

Artist Ralston Crawford (American, born Canada, 1906 - 1978)
Date1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 15/16 inches (16.51 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2599
Signednone
InscribedOn backing mat recto, bottom, in pencil: "Ship with sailors, 1938"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "RCE P#17000 NC"; On backing mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "RCE P#17000 NC".
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DescriptionVintage print. Image of two men securing long wooden boards together with a thick rope tied around the center. A large metal pully with a rope is attached to a metal plate in the foreground.Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., New York, NY, 1995;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2005.

 

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