signed and dated in ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright stamp, credit in ink, and a Robert Frank Archive stamp, annotation 'The Americans 68 Cafeteria - San Francisco' and number '854' in pencil, on the reverse, 1956, printed circa 1980 (The Americans, p. 145; Looking In, pp. 293 and 479, and Contact #68)

This photograph, on cool-toned, double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. In raking light, tiny scattered deposits of original retouching are visible overall, as well as a few small surface impressions that do not break the emulsion near the lower left edge of the image. There is a 3¼-inch crease, which breaks the emulsion, in the right margin of the print. The print edges are lightly rubbed in areas and the corners are lightly bent. On the reverse of the print, there is some graphite-colored soiling and fingerprints from handling.
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