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[New York skyline with Empire State building at center "1/8/38 And then the sun came out"

[New York skyline with Empire State building at center "1/8/38 And then the sun came out"

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[New York skyline with Empire State building at center "1/8/38 And then the sun came out"
Artist
Titles
  • [New York skyline with Empire State building at center "1/8/38 And then the sun came out"
Date1938
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5.2 × 7.9 cm)
 Sheet: 2 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (6.4 × 9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.448
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

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