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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.1311
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Crime, Prisons: United States. New York. Riker's Island. Branch Workhouse: Department of Correction, New York City: Men from the Department of Street Cleaning, sorting the city rubbish on the dumps; some is taken to sea, and some is sent to Riker's Island.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1900
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/154217

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.7 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)

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
3.2002.1311
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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