Esther Bubley
Washing dishes after Boys' Club spaghetti dinner

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© Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Washing dishes after Boys' Club spaghetti dinner
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ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Washing dishes after Boys' Club spaghetti dinner
Date1953
Place depictedElizabeth, New Jersey, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (20.5 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 7 9/16 in. (20.3 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Steinke
Object number2014.786
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceSteinke Revocable Trust, Oceanside, California; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left corner in ink reading vertically: 76594; center in pencil under typed paper label[upside down]: 76594; bottom edge in pencil: 38 (a)
not signed
verso upper right two stamps in red reading vertically: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK[partially obliterated]
verso center a typed paper label reading vertically: Bayway Community Center, / Elizabeth, New Jersey / 76594 Washing dishes after Boys' Club spaghetti dinner.
recto vertical and horizontal cropping lines in orange marker, upper left: 11x14

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