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Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Ferryboat Across the Potomac
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Ferryboat Across the Potomac

Artist Robert Frank (American (born Switzerland), 1924 - 2019)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (31.4 × 21 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number86.75
Terms
  • Ferryboats
  • American flag
  • Person
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph.

Label TextRobert Frank American, b. Switzerland, 1924 Ferryboat Across the Potomac, 1956 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Museum purchase 86.75
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