Albert Vogt was born in Germany in 1900 and came to America in 1924. His Eastern Avenue barbershop has served the Highlandtown residents for more than eighty years.

Joan Clark Netherwood, Albert Vogt was born in Germany in 1900 and came to America in 1924. His Eastern Avenue barbershop has served the Highlandtown residents for more than eighty years., 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1031
Joan Clark Netherwood, Albert Vogt was born in Germany in 1900 and came to America in 1924. His Eastern Avenue barbershop has served the Highlandtown residents for more than eighty years., 1979, gelatin silver print, image: 7 × 7 in. (17.8 × 17.8 cm) sheet: 10 × 7 78 in. (25.4 × 20.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1031

Artwork Details

Title
Albert Vogt was born in Germany in 1900 and came to America in 1924. His Eastern Avenue barbershop has served the Highlandtown residents for more than eighty years.
Date
1979
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 7 × 7 in. (17.8 × 17.8 cm) sheet: 10 × 7 78 in. (25.4 × 20.0 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — service — barber
  • Cityscape — Maryland — Baltimore
  • Object — other — sign
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — window
  • Figure male — waist length
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — barbershop
  • Object — art object — photograph
Object Number
1983.63.1031

Works by this artist (79 items)

Joan Clark Netherwood, The Mary Dean family, Butchers Hill., 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1040
The Mary Dean family, Butchers Hill.
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Joan Clark Netherwood, Back View of Row Homes, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.981
Back View of Row Homes
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1983.63.998 - SAAM-1983.63.998_1 - 55235
Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975 – 1980
July 16, 2021January 23, 2022
Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975-1980 captures a cross-section of East Baltimore residents and businesses in the 1970s, documenting the community’s history and diversity.

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2737 California St., San Francisco, from the Victorian…
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gelatin silver print
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