Joseph Schwartz
Tenant Union, Represented on May Day

Tenant Union, Represented on May Day
Tenant Union, Represented on May Day
Tenant Union, Represented on May Day
ArtistAmerican, 1913–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tenant Union, Represented on May Day
Date1940s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Mount: 10 5/16 × 12 1/8 in. (26.2 × 30.8 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pilara Family Foundation
Object number2024.945
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Michael Shapiro Photography, San Francisco]; purchased by Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, 2006; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, titled "(MAY DAY PARADE)" & "SLUMS MUST GO!" & dated "1930s" in pencil, on mount;Signed "Joe Schwartz PHOTOG," titled "HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS ARE GONE SLUMS MUST GO TOO MAY DAY PARADE - 1930s - NEW YORK CITY" in ink & notated "Photo League of New York" in pencil, on mount verso

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