Police force badges (cloth), NYC

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Police force badges (cloth), NYC
Police force badges (cloth), NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 in. (23 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (23.9 × 18.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.161
Not on view
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Additional Details

Markings Verso, upper right corner (label, printed black ink): [sideways] “MAG00100005 / 191”
Verso, center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, right center (label, printed black ink): “Bilden skall returneras till: / IBL / BILDBYRÅ / Box 52 ˑ 260 70 Ljungbyhed / Tel. 0435/407 65 ˑ Fax: 0435-405 22”
Verso, lower right (stamp, blue ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Inscribed Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "LFPW-281"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "3500"
Verso, left edge (red ink): [sideways] “New York City Police force badges"
Verso, center (pencil): “1972 NEW YORK City. USA.”
Verso, lower right (blue ink): “72.19.62/31A”
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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