mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, titled in pencil and with the photographer's '3777 El Sereno, Altadena, California, Sycamore 7-8483' studio stamp and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title and credit and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1956, printed no later than 1957

Acquired from the photographer in June 1957 for the Library Collection

This early print, on paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination, tiny deposits of original retouching are visible. The lower left corner of the print is ever-so-slightly bumped. The periphery of the mount is lightly and age-appropriately darkened. On the reverse of the mount is the annotation 'TOP' written by the photographer. Also on the reverse are occasional graphite smudges and fingerprints from handling.
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