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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.1655.1
People
Jessie Tarbox Beals, American (1870 - 1942)
Title
Housing, Conditions: United States. New Jersey. Newark: Housing Conditions in Newark, New Jersey: The health and safety of the inhabitants of a municipality may be menaced by laxness of neighboring communities. The photograph at the left shows a group of highly combustible wooden buildings just outside the boundaries of Newark. A conflagration starting in these buildings would probably spread into Newark.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1903
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New Jersey, Newark
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/17546

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.9 x 24.5 cm (7 7/16 x 9 5/8 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
3.2002.1655.1
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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