Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Ohio. Middletown. American Rolling Mill Company: Industrial Housing: Detached Dwellings of Frame Construction: American Rolling Mill Company. Middletown, Ohio.: This row of cottages was build [sic] for colored employees. The average cost of the houses is $1,200; the selling price with lot, $1,500; and the rent, $14 per month. [Pre-War Prices] (Data from letter of January 30, 1917.)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 3.2002.2322
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Ohio. Middletown. American Rolling Mill Company: Industrial Housing: Detached Dwellings of Frame Construction: American Rolling Mill Company. Middletown, Ohio.: This row of cottages was build [sic] for colored employees. The average cost of the houses is $1,200; the selling price with lot, $1,500; and the rent, $14 per month. [Pre-War Prices] (Data from letter of January 30, 1917.)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: display board
Date: c. 1903
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Middletown
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/153060

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 16.5 x 20.8 cm (6 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Acquired[1] by the Social Museum, Harvard University, by July 1915.

[1] SM Accession Ledger records the material as from or associated with the Middletown, Ohio "Garden City," however it is unclear if that is directly where the work came from.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 3.2002.2322
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Social Museum Collection

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