Convention International Ladies Garment Workers Union, World's Fair (The Honorable Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator Wagner and David Dubinsky President of I.L.G.W.U.)
John Albok
Photography
MEDIUM
Gelatin silver prints
DATES
1940
DIMENSIONS
each image: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
both photos together: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped in ink in venter of verso: "John Albok" and address twice
SIGNATURE
Signed in pencil on recto in lower right: "John Albok"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in pencil in lower left of recto: "Convention International Garment Workers Union World's Fair 1940"; in pencil on verso in upper left: "Singing of the Anthem"; in upper right: "53"; lower right in pencil: "National Convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union"; lower left in pencil: "The Honorable Eleanor Roosevelt, Sen. Wagner, David Dubinksy, President of I.L.G.W.U"
COLLECTIONS
Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.122.3a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
John Albok (American, born Hungary, 1894–1982). Convention International Ladies Garment Workers Union, World's Fair (The Honorable Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator Wagner and David Dubinsky President of I.L.G.W.U.), 1940. Gelatin silver prints, each image: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius, 1990.122.3a-b. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.122.3a-b.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1990.122.3a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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