Accession Number2003/2.76
TitleOre Loading Docks, Superior, Wisconsin
Artist(s)Margaret Bourke-WhiteArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1929; printed circa 1950sMedium & Supportgelatin silver print on paper mounted on masoniteDimensions 82 in x 60 in (208.28 cm x 152.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. WithersSubject matterThis photograph depicts an unloading dock for ore, a structure that was common in the United States in the early part of the twentieth century. This particular site was located in Wisconsin on Lake Superior. Margaret Bourke-White's framing of the subject narrows in on the geometry of the structure, even showing its reflected lines in the water. The top half of the image is filled with the dark holding cells for the ore, each one numbered. Below, the grid of steel that supports these containers is reflected in the still water below. Behind the structure, mounds of material, probably ore, can be seen in large piles.
Physical DescriptionThis is a photograph of an unloading dock for ore located in Wisconsin on Lake Superior.
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Keywords
bodies of water (natural)
loading docks
ore
reflections (perceived properties)
steel frame construction