Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
26.3 × 25.4 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1973
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
“We (photojournalists) are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.”
Margaret Bourke-White, 1963
Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: Conversation Club, 1937 / (from the book "Middletown U.S.A" by sociologists Robert and Helen J. Lynd)
stamped in ink vertically on reverse u.r.: ]29
Accession Number
PH126-1973
Department
International Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
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