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[Group of Women with Sewing Machines]

[Group of Women with Sewing Machines]

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[Group of Women with Sewing Machines]
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Group of Women with Sewing Machines]
Date1940s–1960s
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 15/16 × 3 in. (7.5 × 7.6 cm)
 Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (9 × 8.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2025.779.16
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2025.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in white on black applied and torn paper [possibly referencing an image no longer there]: Aomi [?] SaraH // A JAW full [sic]

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