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Chicago, Illinois by David Plowden — VisualArtsDB

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

1979

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 21 × 33.1 cm (8 5/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.2 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographyChicagogelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographphotographic processphotographic paper

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IS 2171, Inland Steel Company, Walker, Puddler, Indiana Harbor Works, East Chicago, Indiana

David Plowden, 1979

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David Plowden, 1960

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David Plowden, 1968

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David Plowden, 1975

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Steel Mill, Inland Steel Co., Ingot Molds, East Chicago, Indiana

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Canadian National Railway, Hostler and Locomotive Number 8403, Class U-ID 4-8-2 on Turntable, Hamilton, Ontario

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David Plowden, 1959

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