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Lucky Stop Garage

Artist Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971)

Date1936

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (18.4 × 24.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in. (51 × 40.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alice Frank

Object number95.13

Terms

Children
Cars
Garage
Black
White

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DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of a storefront, with the "Lucky Stop Garage" sign in the foreground. A young girl stand at the edge of the porch with the service car parked behind her. Two children are behind the car.

Label TextMargaret Bourke-White American (1904-1971) Lucky Stop Garage, 1936 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, gift of Alice Frank 95.13 ~ One of the first female photojournalists, Margaret Bourke White's 1928 photographs of the Otis Steel Mill in Cleveland earned her a job as staff photographer at Fortune. In 1936, her image of Montana's Fort Peck Dam appeared on the cover of the first issue of LIFE where she was one of the original staff photographers. In 1936 and 1940 Bourke White traveled through the South with writer Erskine Caldwell. Their collaborative projects resulted in two books exploring rural life: You Have Seen Their Faces (1937) and Say, Is This the U.S.A.? (1941). Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003