Outstretched Hands, San Francisco Waterfront

Artist Hansel Mieth (American, born Germany, 1909 - 1998)

Dateca. 1934

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (26.04 x 33.66 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4269

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print Inscription "Outstretched Hands, San Francisco, c. 1934, Struggle for Job...[see descr.] Back of Print Description: Handout--Before Waterfront Organization--Unions Abolished This./Otto and I felt at home on the S.F. Waterfront. We recorded the work of the stevedores and sardine fishermen and the men who went to Alaska to fish for tuna. The waterfront was the last resort of the unemployed. The struggle for a day's work was fierce."

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DescriptionImage of a crowd of people with outstretched hands, 1938 San Francisco waterfront. Signature on back of print, lengthy inscriptions on back.

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