Henri Cartier-Bresson
Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction

Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction
Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (20 × 30.3 cm)
 Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in. (24 × 32.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.241
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: " The Galveston That Was," Centre on the Strand, Galveston, TX, Sep 21 - Dec 15 1971 (LN:71.10)

Exhibited: The Galveston Historical Society, Galveston TX, Apr 26 - 29 1973 (LN:73.15)

Exhibited: "Victorian Galveston: An Architectural Portrait," Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, Nov 29, 1990 - Jan 14, 1991 (LN:90.30)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso, upper left corner in pecil "66 [x'd out] / 56", in red pencil: "56 [circled and x'd out]""pp.110-111"; lower left in ink: "22nd & B"
upper right in pencil "ss", lower right[upside down] "7711-4"
recto top left "56", bottom margin cropping marks
On verso, brown stamp in outlined box: "Photograph by/Henri Cartier-Bresson/©1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS/15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36".

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