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Weegee [Arthur Fellig]
5 am, the morning before the circus openedcirca 1940

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of two people sleeping on floor pallets inside a room, with two giraffes peering over a metal railing above them
Photographer
Weegee [Arthur Fellig]
Title
5 am, the morning before the circus opened
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 3/8 × 4 5/8 in. (16.19 × 11.75 cm) Primary support: 7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in. (17.94 × 12.86 cm) Secondary support: 10 15/16 × 10 1/8 in. (27.78 × 25.72 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Nancy Dubois
Accession Number
M.2000.39.9
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Weegee (Arthur Fellig) / International Center of Photography / Getty Images