What Goes?
Photograph

Acme Newspictures

Maker
American

What Goes?

July 10, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/16 × 6 5/8 in. (21.4 × 16.9 cm)
Paper: 9 × 7 3/16 in. (22.9 × 18.2 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0440
Inscriptions Printed on applied label attached at verso: 974161 NEW YORK BUREAU \ WHAT GOES ? \ ST. PAUL, MINN.: An unbelieving worker stares \ in amazement at what appears to be outdoor \ indoor plumbing. Passersby at first thought \ this was a new twist in lamp posts, but closer \ inspection revealed that the plumbers got \ ahead of the carpenters and had installed \ pipe and fixtures -- complete to washbowls and \ toilets -- before the houses were up at a \ municipal housing site in St. Paul. There \ is some local speculation as to what would \ have happened if the roofers had gotten there \ first. \ NY-1-2-3-4-5 MX FOR \ CREDIT (ACME) 7/10/51 (EB)
Inscribed in red grease pencil on verso, TC: gags
Stamped on verso, C: ACME NEWSPICTURES \ Division of NEA Service, Inc. \ 461 8th AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY \ Please Credit "Acme Photo" \ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR \ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED \ SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ACME. \ BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE \ TO HOLD ACME HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS OR \ DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR USE OR \ PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE.
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