by Artist (2)
Unknown Photographer
Geraldine Presler cradles a gas mask—made almost 100 percent by women in the Firestone Rubber and Latex Product Company in Fall River, Massachusetts, August 1941
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/8 x 5 15/16 in. (23.18 x 15.08 cm)
Creation Place:
North America
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.316
Commentary
Miss Geraldine Presler cradles a gas mask—made almost 100 percent by women in the Firestone Rubber and Latex Product Company in Fall River, Massachusetts. Hundreds of thousands of these masks already have been fabricated by skillful New England needle-workers, August 1941.
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 15/16
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Fall River,
Firestone Rubber and Latex Co.,
Gas masks,
Geraldine Presler,
Laborers,
Women in war,
World War II
- Fall River
- Firestone Rubber and Latex Co.
- Gas masks
- Geraldine Presler
- Laborers
- Women in war
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 9 1/8 in. (23.18 x 15.08 cm)
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