Bill Pencek and Bill Heil are among the growing number of young professionals who are buying and restoring homes in Butchers Hill. They have retained the original walls, floors, and interior details. New wall and floor coverings, paint and chandeliers are

Joan Clark Netherwood, Bill Pencek and Bill Heil are among the growing number of young professionals who are buying and restoring homes in Butchers Hill. They have retained the original walls, floors, and interior details. New wall and floor coverings, paint and chandeliers are selected with great care after much research., 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.24
Joan Clark Netherwood, Bill Pencek and Bill Heil are among the growing number of young professionals who are buying and restoring homes in Butchers Hill. They have retained the original walls, floors, and interior details. New wall and floor coverings, paint and chandeliers are, 1980, gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) image: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.24

Artwork Details

Title
Bill Pencek and Bill Heil are among the growing number of young professionals who are buying and restoring homes in Butchers Hill. They have retained the original walls, floors, and interior details. New wall and floor coverings, paint and chandeliers are selected with great care after much research.
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) image: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait group
  • Architecture Interior — domestic — house
Object Number
2020.68.24

Works by this artist (91 items)

Elinor Cahn, Solomon Faiman, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.16
Solomon Faiman
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Elinor Cahn, Helen Taylor, urban survivor. Her house had been burglarized more than twenty times. She was forced to move to a better protected, government subsidized apartment in Butchers Hill., ca. 1975, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.11
Helen Taylor, urban survivor. Her house had been…
Dateca. 1975
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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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Untitled, ca. 1945-1950, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lewis and Jean Greenblatt, 2002.86.9
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gelatin silver print
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