"Always Camel," Times Square, NYC

Portfolio TitlePortfolio III: Twenty-two little contact prints from 1921-1929

Artist Ralph Steiner (American, 1899 - 1986)

Date1922; printed 1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 inches (10 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sharon and Del Zogg, in memory of Ralph Steiner (1899-1986)

Object number2025.13.2

SignedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “Ralph Steiner neg. 1922 / print 1980”

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DescriptionImage of a large billboard advertisement for Camel cigarettes showing a smiling man with a cigarette in his mouth. Men in suits and hats stand outside a row of shops with awnings, signs, and display windows below the billboard.

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