Wesley David Archer
A Crash in Mid Air

A Crash in Mid Air
A Crash in Mid Air
A Crash in Mid Air
ArtistAmerican, 1892–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Crash in Mid Air
  • from Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot
Datec. 1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
 Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert Cavnar, Michael F. Curran, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Bill Porter at "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object number2005.1076
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.

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