Letters to My Father

Letters to My Father

Photograph

Alex Traube

Maker
American, b. 1946

Letters to My Father

1976
Gelatin silver prints
11/50
Image: 6 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (16 × 19.5 cm)
Paper: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.7 cm)
1977.0406.0007
Inscriptions Inscribed on recto in black ink TC: I remember you telling me of how you grew up: \ Taking wood from old buildings being torn down \ because your family was too poor to buy coal. \ Fighting because you had to because you \ were a Jew. Going to high school at night \ becasue the family needed you to work \ during the day. You wanted to be a \ lawyer, but were forced to drop your \ studies at Colombia to work two jobs.

Inscribed on recto in black ink BLC: Letter #7
Inscribed on recto in black ink BC: 11/50
Inscribed on recto in black ink BRC: Alex Traube 1976. [signature]

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