P2005.37: Main Street, Oil Boom Town, Freer, Texas (men in front of the pool hall and Rainbow Cafe)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2005.37

People

Carl Mydans, American (Boston, Massachusetts 1907 - 2004 Larchmont, New York)

Title

Main Street, Oil Boom Town, Freer, Texas (men in front of the pool hall and Rainbow Cafe)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

March 1937

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Texas

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/18760

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.5 x 34 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, t.r., graphite: Neg missing from take [circled]
• inscription: verso, t.l., ink: I-D
• inscription: verso, t.l., wax pencil: VB
• inscription: verso, t.r., ink: 4 [circled]
• stamp: verso, center, black ink: PHOTO BY [over] CARL MYDANS
• inscription: verso, b.l. quandrant, black ink: MAiN Street [over] Oil Boom TOWN [crossed out] Oil Boom Town [over] FREER, TEXas [over] March 1937 Main Street
• inscription: verso, b.r. quadrant, black ink: #1 [over] 6P [over] 22
• inscription: verso, b.r. quadrant, graphite: 1 [over] GP22
• inscription: verso, b.r., graphite: American Southwest [over] 2 [circled]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Carl Mydans

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

P2005.37

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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