Carl Mydans
U.S. Mexican Border Crossing

U.S. Mexican Border Crossing

© Carl Mydans / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images

U.S. Mexican Border Crossing
U.S. Mexican Border Crossing
ArtistAmerican, 1907–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. Mexican Border Crossing
Date1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/4 in. (23 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the artist
Object number2005.1176
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of Carl Mydans, Mamaroneck, New York; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso sheet:
"Set no 7 / 3C 37 / 17", "40-P48-63"

Marked in ink on verso:
"U.S. Mexican / Border Crossing / 1938"
Stamped in ink on verso center:
"PHOTO BY / CARL MYDANS" (in a rectangle)

Stamped in ink on verso lower center:
"© ____Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder."

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