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Alfred Eisenstadt
Eugene Mott using whistle to teach his children instinctive recognition of air raid signals, Queens Village, NY, 19411942

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Black and white photograph of a man in a vest and tie crouching beside a toddler wearing an oversized steel helmet, indoors near a cast-iron radiator
Artist or Maker
Alfred Eisenstadt
Title
Eugene Mott using whistle to teach his children instinctive recognition of air raid signals, Queens Village, NY, 1941
Date Made
1942
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 7/8 × 9 11/16 in. (20 × 24.61 cm) Primary support: 7 7/8 × 9 11/16 in. (20 × 24.61 cm) Secondary support: 11 × 14 in. (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Saul E. Levi
Accession Number
M.2007.210.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography