Title from caption on object: “Santa Claus Feeds the Hungry”

December 25, 1936

American 20th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.8 × 21.8 cm (6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.7 × 23.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.302

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right printed in black ink on applied label: mau 211; center Acme copyright stamp in red ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: A6542; center right stamped in purple ink inverted: REF. DEPT. / 12-29-36 / N.E.A.; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite underlined: ✓ / NY City; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper: 375018 / SANTA CLAUS FEEDS THE HUNGRY / HUNGRY DOWN-AND-OUTERS STANDING ON THE / SERVING LINE TO GET THEIR FREE XMAS TURKEY / DINNER SERVED AT THE MUNICIPAL LODGING [underlined in graphite] / HOUSE AT 25TH ST. AND THE EAST RIVER, NEW / YORK CITY, DEC. 25. (NY) / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 12/25/36

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