Railroad Passenger Car Maintenance Man. Air Hoses Were Used to Clean the Cars, Chicago, Illinois

1947, printed later

Wayne Miller

Associated Names
Wayne Miller

Artist, American, 1918 - 2013

A train platform with equipment and a train car in the background is shown in the photograph. An individual is managing hoses coiled around their body, extending from machinery with large wheels on a wooden platform. The setting appears to be a train station or industrial environment, with a silver passenger car in the background displaying horizontal stripes. Details in the photograph highlight textures and patterns, conveying a sense of movement and work being done.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 28 × 25.4 cm (11 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.89.19

  • Series Title

    The Way of Life of the Northern Negro

  • Copyright

    © Wayne F. Miller

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Wayne Miller, Orinda, CA; Jeanette Miller, Lafayette, CA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Wayne F. Miller; by artist, bottom left in graphite: 486-4; bottom right printing notes in graphite; center stamped in black ink: © Wayne F. Miller / Magnum Photos Inc.

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