Herman Fischer, plant custodian for the now closed National Brewing Company building on Conkling Street, Highlandtown

Joan Clark Netherwood, Herman Fischer, plant custodian for the now closed National Brewing Company building on Conkling Street, Highlandtown, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1032
Joan Clark Netherwood, Herman Fischer, plant custodian for the now closed National Brewing Company building on Conkling Street, Highlandtown, 1979, gelatin silver print, image: 7 18 × 7 18 in. (18.1 × 18.1 cm) sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1032

Artwork Details

Title
Herman Fischer, plant custodian for the now closed National Brewing Company building on Conkling Street, Highlandtown
Date
1979
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 7 18 × 7 18 in. (18.1 × 18.1 cm) sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — machine
  • Figure male — full length
  • Occupation — industry — engineering
  • Cityscape — Maryland — Baltimore
  • Architecture Interior — industry — factory
Object Number
1983.63.1032

Works by this artist (5 items)

Peter Blume, Banyan Tree, 1961, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1969.47.7
Banyan Tree
Date1961
oil on canvas
On view
Peter Blume, Vegetable Dinner, 1927, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.101
Vegetable Dinner
Date1927
oil on canvas
On view
Peter Blume, Harps, 1932, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1987.10, © 1978, Peter Blume
Harps
Date1932
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Peter Blume, Beatty's Barn (study for mural, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Post Office), 1937, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
, 1965.18.95
Beatty’s Barn (study for mural, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania…
Date1937
watercolor and pencil on paper
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.