Women’s Lodging Room in Eldridge Street Police Station,

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Photography by David Revette.
Women’s Lodging Room in Eldridge Street Police Station,
Photography by David Revette.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette.
Artist/Maker (American, born Denmark, 1849 – 1914)
Datec. 1890, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 in. × 10 in. (21 × 25.4 cm); Sheet: 8 1/4 in. × 10 in. (21 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barry H. Garfinkel, P1978, '80
Object number1983.99
On view
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Exhibition History 1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "New Aquisitions - The Hamilton College Collection," January 7 - February 12, 1984 (no cat.).
Provenance 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Barry H. Garfinkel.
Markings Label: "Print #242 [number added in blue ink] / Photograph By Jacob A. Riis / Print from Original Plate / by Alexander Alland" on verso at center in typeset.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed none noted.
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