Esther Bubley
Humble camp- Children of Humble employees riding their pet donkey

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© Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Humble camp- Children of Humble employees riding their pet donkey
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ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Humble camp- Children of Humble employees riding their pet donkey
Date1945
Place depictedTomball, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (19.5 × 19.2 cm)
 Sheet: 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (19.5 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kenneth Polin
Object number2014.763
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceKenneth Polin, San Diego; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right in ink: 25089
center right in pencil: 25089
bottom edge in pencil left to right: Tomball, TX 221 (C), SONJ / #25089 X [in red pencil]
not signed
verso center a stamp in red: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PHOTO BY BUBLEY
bottom right a stamp in red: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO., (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK
upper center a typed paper label: Bubley Tomball, Texas May, '45 / 25089 Humble camp. Children of Humble employees riding their pet donkey.

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