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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 × 10 7/8 in. (22.8 × 27.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 8 15/16 in. (22.8 × 22.7 cm)
Mount: 10 1/4 × 12 1/16 in. (26.1 × 30.7 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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