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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.3003
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Defectives, Insane: United States. Massachusetts. Worcester. Insane Asylum: Massachusetts State Board of Insanity. Work of the Board. Statistics. Institutions: Worcester Insane Hospital
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
display board
Date
c. 1903
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/152433

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted to board, black and gold ink
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.4 x 34 cm (10 3/8 x 13 3/8 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
3.2002.3003
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Deborah Martin Kao and Michelle Lamuniere, Instituting Reform, The Social Museum of Harvard University 1903-1931, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2012), p. 136, fig. 3.32

Exhibition History

  • Classified Documents: The Social Museum of Harvard University, 1903-1931, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/20/2007 - 06/10/2007

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Social Museum Collection

Verification Level

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