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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.2256.2
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Illinois. Illinois Steel Company: Welfare of Employees at the Factory: 10 acre plot adjacent to plant, divided into lots approximately 85' x 50'. Ground ploughed, broken up, and then turned over by the Company to the men on condition that they or their families will plant it and keep it in good condition. Tools, seeds and other supplies are purchased by the Company in quantities and sold to the men at cost. Of the large variety of vegetables raised, corn, tomatoes, potatoes and beans predominate.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1903
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Illinois
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/7534

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.3 x 24.7 cm (7 5/8 x 9 3/4 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
3.2002.2256.2
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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