Print, Photographic - Bauxite mine excavation

 
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Print, Photographic - Bauxite mine excavation
Photograph, Bauxite Mine
Photograph, Bauxite Mine

Print, Photographic - Bauxite mine excavation

Object number1993.015.02
DateUnknown Date
MediumPaper
Dimensions25 1/2 x 19 in. (64.8 x 48.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionOriginal black and white print of outdoor Bauxite mine showing excavation machinery and workers. Original photograph by Margaret Bourke-White to promote Alcoa and the bauxite industry in the 1936 World's Fair in St. Louis. After the fair, photographs and negatives were given to Alcoa. When Alcoa reorganized several years ago they gave numerous White photographs and negatives to the Bauxite Museum, in Bauxite, Arkansas where they still remain. Attached to black paper matting.
Status
Not on view
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