View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean 

Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean became an art., 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.5
Copied Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean , 1980, gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) image: 9 3⁄8 × 11 7⁄8 in. (23.8 × 30.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.5

Artwork Details

Title
View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean became an art.
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) image: 9 3⁄8 × 11 7⁄8 in. (23.8 × 30.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — street
  • Cityscape — Maryland — Baltimore
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
Object Number
2020.68.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.68.5

Exhibitions

Media - 1983.63.998 - SAAM-1983.63.998_1 - 55235
Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975 – 1980
July 16, 2021–January 23, 2022
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975-1980 captures a cross-section of East Baltimore residents and businesses in the 1970s, documenting the community’s history and diversity.