Washers near the supplying stream of Bidonville (shantytown), near Casablanca, Morocco

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Washers near the supplying stream of Bidonville (shantytown), near Casablanca, Morocco
Washers near the supplying stream of Bidonville (shantytown), near Casablanca, Morocco
Artist/Maker (French, 1902 – 1999)
Date1936
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (26 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 9 1/4 in. (30.4 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.55
Not on view
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Markings Verso, upper right corner (stamp, blue ink): "ALLIANCE PHOTO"
Verso, upper center (stamp, blue ink): "PHOTO DENISE BELLON / 39, Quai de l'Horloge / PARIS - 1er"
Verso, lower left (label, typed black ink): "2700) BIDONVILLE - MAROC / Laveurs et laveuses pres du ruisseau alimentant Bidonville / vieux" [translation: "Bidonville - Morocco / Washers near the stream feeding Bidonville / old"]
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "DB-624"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "1000"
Verso, upper center (pencil): "MC 2700"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "Maroc 8"
Verso, center center (pencil): "Laveurs et laveuses pres du ruisseau alimentant Bidonville vieux" [translation: “Washers near the stream feeding Bidonville”]
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Denise Bellon
Date: 1936
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.53
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Object number: 2023.12.26
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.29
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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