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[After coal had become scarce, the furnaces stood cold; cadavers accumulated, for death went on]
[After coal had become scarce, the furnaces stood cold; cadavers accumulated, for death went on]

[After coal had become scarce, the furnaces stood cold; cadavers accumulated, for death went on]

Artist (American, 1904–1971)
Date1945 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (39.4 × 39.4 cm);
Mount (Matted): 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (71 × 56 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
  • Photographs
  • Gelatin silver prints
Object number65.590
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[Blast furnace under construction in the Ural Mountains as part of the first Five Year plan, 1931. Magneto-Gorsk, U.S.S.R.]
[Blast furnace under construction in the Ural Mountains as part of the first Five Year plan, 1931. Magneto-Gorsk, U.S.S.R.]
Margaret Bourke-White
1931 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Ex-guerilla Nim Churl-Jin is welcomed home by his wife and family and the baby he had never seen]
[Ex-guerilla Nim Churl-Jin is welcomed home by his wife and family and the baby he had never seen]
Margaret Bourke-White
1952 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]
[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]
Margaret Bourke-White
1948 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Vyazma Russia: Mother and brother after having just learned of the death of four family members during an air raid on their town]
[Vyazma Russia: Mother and brother after having just learned of the death of four family members during an air raid on their town]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1941
[Coal Rig, Berwind Docks, Minnesota]
[Coal Rig, Berwind Docks, Minnesota]
Margaret Bourke-White
1929 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Air view of TVA coal plant]
[Air view of TVA coal plant]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1965 (print)
Blast furnaces
Blast furnaces
Fred G. Korth
ca. 1938
The World's Largest Blast Furnace: Magnitogorsk (Ural Mountains), from Photographs of U.S.S.R.
The World's Largest Blast Furnace: Magnitogorsk (Ural Mountains), from Photographs of U.S.S.R.
Margaret Bourke-White
1931-32 (negative); 1934 (print)
[A man's wife, mother and grandmother mourn his death, South Korea]
[A man's wife, mother and grandmother mourn his death, South Korea]
Margaret Bourke-White
1952 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Leipzig's city treasurer, and his wife and daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to US troops, Leipzig]
[Leipzig's city treasurer, and his wife and daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to US troops, Leipzig]
Margaret Bourke-White
1945 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Face of the Moon: Ruined German cities and railroad junction in Bad Oldesloe after Allied attack near Lübeck]
[Face of the Moon: Ruined German cities and railroad junction in Bad Oldesloe after Allied attack near Lübeck]
Margaret Bourke-White
1945
[Shepherd watching over sheep milling around remains of destroyed German aircraft after Allied Forces raid, Leipzig, Germany]
[Shepherd watching over sheep milling around remains of destroyed German aircraft after Allied Forces raid, Leipzig, Germany]
Margaret Bourke-White
1945 (negative); 1979 (print)