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[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to "Labor Anonymous", Published in Fortune Magazine November 1946]

Author Walker Evans American

1946

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[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to "Labor Anonymous", Published in Fortune Magazine November 1946], Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut), Pencil/ink on paper; gelatin silver print — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

[49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to

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1994.250.16 (2) page with smaller piece of paper attached with a straight pin from a four page manuscript on Time Inc. memo paper, ["Sooner or later, the..."]

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1994.250.16 (11) first page of two page telegram to Evans from "Gloria", September 12, 1946, portfolio text

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1994.250.16 (11) second page of two page telegram to Evans from "Gloria", September 12, 1946, portfolio text

Title: [49 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts and Notes, Carbons, Contact Sheets, Negative Envelopes, and Project Ephemera, Including Correspondence from Photo Lab and Fortune Staff, Relating to "Labor Anonymous", Published in Fortune Magazine November 1946]

Author: Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)

Date: 1946

Medium: Pencil/ink on paper; gelatin silver print

Classification: Manuscript Materials

Credit Line: Walker Evans Archive, 1994

Accession Number: 1994.250.16

Essay

Early Documentary Photography

Essay

Kodak and the Rise of Amateur Photography

Essay

Walker Evans (1903-1975)

Chronology

The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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