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Coke Ovens (DuPont Belle, West, Virginia)

William M. Rittase

Coke Ovens (DuPont Belle, West, Virginia)

1936

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William M. Rittase

Coke Ovens (DuPont Belle, West, Virginia)

1936

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 435 x 330 mm. (43.5 x 33 cm.) Image: 337 x 264 mm. (33.7 x 26.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Fortune Magazine, 1938
Object Number 1977.21.3
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.

Jay M. Fisher, "The Hand of Man: Railroads in American Prints and Photographs, an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the building of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad." Exh. cat. 21 November 1978 - 7 January 1979, no. 54 (illus).

Artist

William M. Rittase

1893–1967

American, 1894-1968
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