Students, American University, Jack Leroy Woods Gate, Washington, DC

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Students, American University, Jack Leroy Woods Gate, Washington, DC
Students, American University, Jack Leroy Woods Gate, Washington, DC
Artist/Maker (French-Swiss, born Hungary, 1906 – 2003)
Datec. 1960
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (23 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (23 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.5
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Markings Verso, lower center (purple ink stamp): "PHOTO ALMASY."
Inscribed Verso, lower center (pencil): "10"
Verso, top left corner (pencil): "PAL-2298 1500"
Verso, top right corner (pencil): "2"
University students in the cafeteria, likely Spain
University students in the cafeteria, likely Spain
Paul Almásy
Date: 1950-1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.26
University students in the library, likely Spain, 1950s
University students in the library, likely Spain, 1950s
Paul Almásy
Date: 1950
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.53
Maria Luisa Learns and Teaches: Despite the tremendous development of tourism over the past ten years, despite the experiences and impressions of millions of people who visit foreign countries and sometimes foreign continents every year as tourists, students, for business, scholars or journalists are our knowledge of everyday life of people living in distant countries is still poor. Could the traveler who sees the mountains of wonderful vegetables on the market of a large South American city imagine vegetable growers who do not know how to prepare carrots, peas or spinach; six-headed families who own a large house but only a drinking glass, because no one has ever drawn their attention to the harmful effects of health when six people drink from the same glass at meal time; women who don't know how to cook rice, etc... There are countle...
Maria Luisa Learns and Teaches: Despite the tremendous development of tourism over the past ten years, despite the experiences and impressions of millions of people who visit foreign countries and sometimes foreign continents every year as tourists, students, for business, scholars or journalists are our knowledge of everyday life of people living in distant countries is still poor. Could the traveler who sees the mountains of wonderful vegetables on the market of a large South American city imagine vegetable growers who do not know how to prepare carrots, peas or spinach; six-headed families who own a large house but only a drinking glass, because no one has ever drawn their attention to the harmful effects of health when six people drink from the same glass at meal time; women who don't know how to cook rice, etc... There are countle...
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.29
Young female student at the University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Young female student at the University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.21
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.77
Men wearing top hats Statue, traditional student festival "Rougevin" held by students from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1964
Men wearing top hats Statue, traditional student festival "Rougevin" held by students from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1964
Paul Almásy
Date: 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.28
Ici Lima --The first specialized TV school opened in the Peruvian capital: there are schools for everything in the world and as human knowledge expands, new schools open their doors. Each step of progress generates another, education is the driving force of modern civilization. Television, one of the most attractive inventions of the century, is still in its infancy. The future holds extraordinary possibilities for it, and in all countries we are trying to speed up the training of specialists. Peru deserves the credit for having created the first TV school. The program covers everything related to television, from the construction of a receiver to the production of a program. The courses last two years and the number of students is currently limited to 30. The school director is a TV technician, Isaac Aquise Chavez who is assisted by...
Ici Lima --The first specialized TV school opened in the Peruvian capital: there are schools for everything in the world and as human knowledge expands, new schools open their doors. Each step of progress generates another, education is the driving force of modern civilization. Television, one of the most attractive inventions of the century, is still in its infancy. The future holds extraordinary possibilities for it, and in all countries we are trying to speed up the training of specialists. Peru deserves the credit for having created the first TV school. The program covers everything related to television, from the construction of a receiver to the production of a program. The courses last two years and the number of students is currently limited to 30. The school director is a TV technician, Isaac Aquise Chavez who is assisted by...
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.26
Burn Summons: Tom Hayden, left, and Jerry Rubin reduce to ashes subpoenas to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in what they termed gestures of contempt. The two, who figured prominantely in the recent Chicago street demonstrations, said that in spite of the burning of the summons they will appear as requested before the committee in Washington October 1. Hayden is founder of the Students for a Democratic Society; Rubin a self-styled Yippie revolutionist.
Burn Summons: Tom Hayden, left, and Jerry Rubin reduce to ashes subpoenas to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in what they termed gestures of contempt. The two, who figured prominantely in the recent Chicago street demonstrations, said that in spite of the burning of the summons they will appear as requested before the committee in Washington October 1. Hayden is founder of the Students for a Democratic Society; Rubin a self-styled Yippie revolutionist.
Edward Kitch
Date: September 23, 1968
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.104
The atmosphere around the U.S. Embassy at Tehran where students have been guarding 100 hostages, including 60 Americans, since November 4. Here students are evacuating garbage from the Embassy in a U.S. Flag, Tehran, Iran, November 12, 1979.
The atmosphere around the U.S. Embassy at Tehran where students have been guarding 100 hostages, including 60 Americans, since November 4. Here students are evacuating garbage from the Embassy in a U.S. Flag, Tehran, Iran, November 12, 1979.
Abbas
Date: November 12th, 1979
Medium: Vintage resin-coated gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.1
Harrow: Appel des e'leves (Harrow: call from students)
Harrow: Appel des e'leves (Harrow: call from students)
Pierre Verger
Date: 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.203
Mobile home park, Hollywood
Mobile home park, Hollywood
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1958
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.4
Bus ride, USA
Bus ride, USA
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.6