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Chicago Skyline by Ruth Orkin — VisualArtsDB

Chicago Skyline

Chicago Skyline

1939

Medium: Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Bike Trip"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 10.4 × 12.8 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesphotographygelatin silver printphotographic processesblack-and-white photographyChicagophotographwomenGirlsphotographic paper20th CenturyPhoto League

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