[fire on beach "Beach Fire - Camp Marshall Field / Labor Day 1930"]

[fire on beach "Beach Fire - Camp Marshall Field / Labor Day 1930"]

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[fire on beach "Beach Fire - Camp Marshall Field / Labor Day 1930"]
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  • [fire on beach "Beach Fire - Camp Marshall Field / Labor Day 1930"]
Date1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 5/16 × 4 in. (5.9 × 10.2 cm)
 Sheet: 2 11/16 × 4 3/8 in. (6.8 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.476
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left to right in ink: Beach Fire-Camp Marshall Field / Labor Day 1930
verso lower left a stamp: 69

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