Franklin Simon store, Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. use Mitten’s Display Letters to tell their story in a dignified presentation. 42” Kabel Condensed Track Letters

Franklin Simon store, Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. use Mitten’s Display Letters to tell their story in a dignified presentation. 42” Kabel Condensed Track Letters
Franklin Simon store, Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. use Mitten’s Display Letters to tell their story in a dignified presentation. 42” Kabel Condensed Track Letters
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  • Franklin Simon store, Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. use Mitten’s Display Letters to tell their story in a dignified presentation. 42” Kabel Condensed Track Letters
Date1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2020.334
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRandy Regier; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In negative, recto, lower left: 3582 E VIRGINIA ROEHL
In negative, recto, lower right: FRANKLIN SIMON
Inscribed in black ink, recto, lower right: OP-217
Stamped in black ink, recto, lower right: COPYRIGHT 1949 MITTEN’S DISPLAY LETTERS

Inscribed in blue ink, verso, upper left: N-Y- 1 [ crossed out] // F-1-1 [crossed out]
Inscribed in black ink, verso, upper left: MDL- 217
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper right: Franklin Simon store, Fifth Ave., // N.Y.C. use Mitten’s Display // Letters to tell their story in a // dignified presentation. // // 42” Kabel Condensed Track Letters

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