Untitled (Sampans line the river), from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution

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Artist:

Birns, Jack

Date Made:

1948-1949

Classification:

Photograph

Country:

United States

Artist birth Date:

1919

Artist death Date:

2008

Dimensions:

10 1/2 x 10 1/8 (image) in.

Materials:

Gelatin silver print

Accession Number:

2004.39.68

Full BAMPFA credit line:

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Transfer from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Century:

20 AD

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Birns, JackUntitled (Children surround Birns and his camera), from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution(1948-1949)

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