Margaret Bourke-White

Single-Family Houses

1937

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Margaret Bourke-White

Single-Family Houses

Margaret Bourke-White

Single-Family Houses

1937

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 350 x 275 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.) Image: 340 x 234 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Life Magazine, 1938

Object Number 1977.29.10

The caption for this photograph provided various statistics on the housing owned by the majority of Muncie residents: “Over 90% are made of wood. Some 47% have no running water or only cold water in the house, 38% no bathtubs, 19% no indoor toilets, 55% only stove heat. The homes. . .are better than average.”

BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.

Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.

Inscribed: Verso: at upper left, in graphite: #140-1 / 9 [9 circled]"; at lower center, in graphite: "5.10.37 Muncie"

Markings: Verso: at center, stamped in red ink: "PHOTO BY / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE"; at lower center, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"