Day laborer, Andy Lopata, at Jones and Laughlin Plant, PA
- Title:
- Day laborer, Andy Lopata, at Jones and Laughlin Plant, PA
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
Inequality and legacies of discrimination - Creator:
- Eisenstaedt, Alfred
- Creation Date:
- 1937
- ID Number:
- 2005.056.033
- File Name:
- 2005.056.033.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Great Depression
Day laborers
Iron and steel workers
union organizing - Measurement:
- 25.7 x 20.3 (Overall) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Close up portrait of 28 year old Slavic steelworker Andy Lopata. Lopata is squinting slightly and not smiling. He has straight, unbrushed hair, close-cropped on the sides and sticking up some in the middle. His nose is straight, and lists a bit to the left, and he has several scars on his left cheek and a trimmed moustache.
- Notes:
- This image is an outtake from a Life magazine photo essay about unionizing steelworkers.
- Cite As:
- Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995), Day laborer, Andy Lopata, at Jones and Laughlin Plant, PA, 1937. Gelatin silver print, overall: 25.7 x 20.3 cm. Gift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976, 2005.056.033.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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