View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean 

Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean became an art., 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1123, © 1975, George Jadowski
Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean , 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 × 7 3⁄8 in. (15.2 × 18.7 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1123, © 1975, George Jadowski

Artwork Details

Title
View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean became an art.
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 × 7 3⁄8 in. (15.2 × 18.7 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Copyright
© 1975, George Jadowski
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — street
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Cityscape — Maryland — Baltimore
Object Number
1983.63.1123
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.63.1123

Works by this artist (81 items)

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East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project
Artist
Dateca. 1975
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Murty, Ananta, and Santhi Hejeebu, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1163, © 1975, George Jadowski
Murty, Ananta, and Santhi Hejeebu
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, McElderry Park, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1161, © 1975, George Jadowski
McElderry Park
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Date1979
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Not on view
Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore Looking North, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1165, © 1975, George Jadowski
View of East Baltimore Looking North
Artist
Date1980
gelatin silver print
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