Untitled (Civilians carrying an infirmed person on a handmade stretcher stop in front of a clock shop), 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 9/16 x 10 (image) in.
Materials:
Gelatin silver print
Accession Number:
2004.39.52
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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