[postcard- "Empire State Building / Ruth & Bob / c. 1946"]

[postcard- "Empire State Building / Ruth & Bob / c. 1946"]

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[postcard- "Empire State Building / Ruth & Bob / c. 1946"]
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  • [postcard- "Empire State Building / Ruth & Bob / c. 1946"]
Datec. 1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 × 5 1/16 in. (7.6 × 12.9 cm)
 Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (8.9 × 13.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.354
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

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