Ruins of an apartment house
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas F. Oakes
American, 1900 - 1966
Date1944-1945
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2in. (6.4 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nora Oakes Howard
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by Thomas F. Oakes of the ruins of an apartment building. There is rubble in the foreground with signs staked in the rubble. According to Oakes' inscription on the reverse, the signs displayed the present addresses of the building’s former occupants.
Object number2017.41.34
MarkingsPrinted on back: "RIDAX"Stamped in black on back: "62 J"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "E.M. CM"
Handwritten in black ink on back by Thomas Oakes: "Ruins of apt house/ with present add-/ resses of former oc-/ cupants placed on/ sticks in rubble."
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