3.2002.2330.1: Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Pennsylvania. Marcus Hook. The Viscose Company: Industrial Welfare Work: The Viscose Company. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: I. Dining Hall and Recreation Building. Used for public entertainments and for general recreation purposes. Brick construction with stone and terra cotta trimmings. The ground floor is used for men's dining toom, toilet and class rooms, food preparation and store rooms. The first story contains the women's dining room, with serving room and rest rooms. A roof garden is provided on top of the building.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

3.2002.2330.1

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Pennsylvania. Marcus Hook. The Viscose Company: Industrial Welfare Work: The Viscose Company. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: I. Dining Hall and Recreation Building. Used for public entertainments and for general recreation purposes. Brick construction with stone and terra cotta trimmings. The ground floor is used for men's dining toom, toilet and class rooms, food preparation and store rooms. The first story contains the women's dining room, with serving room and rest rooms. A roof garden is provided on top of the building.

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1912

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Marcus Hook

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/8015

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Relief halftone

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

image: 17.8 x 22.8 cm (7 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

3.2002.2330.1

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Social Museum Collection

Related Works

• 3.2002.2330

  Unidentified Artist

  Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Pennsylvania. Marcus Hook. The Viscose Company: Industrial Welfare Work: The Viscose Company. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

  Photographs

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