Margaret Bourke-White
The Lowest Strata of Life in Muncie, Indiana
1936
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Margaret Bourke-White
The Lowest Strata of Life in Muncie, Indiana
1936
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 350 x 275 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Image: 340 x 252 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number
1977.29.2
Published in "Middletown-Muncie [Muncie, Indiana]," Life, Vol. 2, No. 19, May 10, 1937, p. 19
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Rena Hoisington, The Academy Art Museum, "Picturing America: 1930-1960 Photographs from the Baltimore Museum of Art," July 31 - October3, 2009.
Rena Hoisington, The Academy Art Museum, "Picturing America: 1930-1960 Photographs from the Baltimore Museum of Art," July 31 - October3, 2009.
Inscribed: Verso: at upper right, in graphite: "#140-1 / 6 [6 circled]"; at left, in graphite: "5.10.37 Muncie"; at bottom center, in graphite: "The lowest center of life in Muncie - by Margaret Bourke-white"
Markings: Verso: at center, stamped in red ink: "PHOTO BY / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE"; at lower center, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
born New York, NY 1904; died Stamford, CT 1971
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