Unknown American
Towle's Contour Presentation Display

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Towle's Contour Presentation Display
Date1940s–1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (16.5 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2020.327
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRandy Regier; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, bottom center: Towle’s Contour Presentation Display // Height 29-1/2 in. Width 35 in. Depth 18-1/2 in.
Inscribed in black ink, recto, bottom right: OP-111
Inscribed in black ink, verso, upper left: M PS – 1 [crossed out] // MDL-11
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right center: 109

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