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BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)

American high jumper Cornelius Johnson. Silver print, 6

3

/

4

x9

3

/

4

inches (17.1x24.8 cm.), with

Bourke-White’s hand stamp and notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. Circa 1936

[4,000/6,000]

In 1936 Johnson (1913-1946) was one of nineteen African-American athletes at the Berlin Olympics,

where he won the gold medal.

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BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET

(1904-1971)

“Public Square (TerminalTower), SeenThrough

aWilliamson Building Grill, Cleveland, Ohio”

* “Terminal Tower with Bridge, Cleveland,

Ohio.” Together, 2 silver prints, the first

measuring 12

7

/

8

x9

7

/

8

inches (32.7x25.1 cm.),

and the second 4

1

/

4

x3

1

/

4

inches (10.8x8.3

cm.), each with Bourke-White’s embossed

facsimile signature and the edition notation,

in ink, on recto, and with Bourke-White’s

credit, the title, dates,Time Inc. copyright, and

a Life Gallery of Photography hand stamp, on

verso. 1928 (2); printed 1998 and 2003

[3,000/4,500]

From a Private Collector in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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