[.A- One man and two women sitting on beach with black umbrella at right "August 1917 / Will and Alice Nantasket Beach."; .B- 10 cut and pasted prints mounted to the back of the mount of .A]
![[.A- One man and two women sitting on beach with black umbrella at right "August 1917 / Will and Alice Nantasket Beach."; .B- 10 cut and pasted prints mounted to the back of the mount of .A]](/internal/media/dispatcher/373233/preview)
Titles
- [.A- One man and two women sitting on beach with black umbrella at right "August 1917 / Will and Alice Nantasket Beach."; .B- 10 cut and pasted prints mounted to the back of the mount of .A]
Date1915
MediumGelatin silver print and gelatin silver print collage
DimensionsImage (.A): 2 13/16 × 5 1/2 in. (7.1 × 14 cm)
Sheet (.A): 2 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (6.4 × 13 cm)
Overall (.B): 6 1/8 × 3 in. (15.6 × 7.6 cm)
Sheet (.A): 2 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (6.4 × 13 cm)
Overall (.B): 6 1/8 × 3 in. (15.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.557.B
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The 1888 introduction of the Kodak No. 1 camera and the 1900 debut of the Kodak Brownie soon made photography popular with the masses. Kodak’s famous advertising slogan, "You push the button, we do the rest," promoted the fact that the company had eliminated the complex chemical rituals necessary for earlier forms of photography. Photographs, no longer precious or rare due to the ubiquity of Kodak cameras and the resulting snapshots, became ready materials for all manner of creative compositions.
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
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![[.A- One man and two women sitting on beach with black umbrella at right "August 1917 / Will and Alice Nantasket Beach."; .B- 10 cut and pasted prints mounted to the back of the mount of .A]](/internal/media/dispatcher/373235/thumbnail)
1917
Gelatin silver print and gelatin silver print collage
2014.557.A
![[.A- One man and two women sitting on beach with black umbrella at right "August 1917 / Will and Alice Nantasket Beach."; .B- 10 cut and pasted prints mounted to the back of the mount of .A]](/internal/media/dispatcher/216313/thumbnail)
1915
Gelatin silver print and gelatin silver print collage
2014.557.A,.B
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1940s
Gelatin silver print
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no date
Gelatin silver print
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1935
Gelatin silver print
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1960s
Dye diffusion transfer print
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no date
Gelatin silver print
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1930s–1950s
Gelatin silver print
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1943
Gelatin silver print
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