Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.003868

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Vienna / Jail as asylum for homeless; handwritten: [German inscription]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: Owen OK [name handwritten] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: 3; typed label: 3. From here his data will be sent to the Security Office to be checked / as to any falsifications in his questionnaire, and also if he is wanted. / It has happened many times that the police were searching for a certain / person and he turned up in the “Liesl” thinking that the last place the / police would look for him would be the prison.; handwritten: Austria / welfare

Tagasauris Keywords: 3 people; Authority; Employment; Face; Full length; Head and shoulders; Indoors; Male; Male; Mid adult; Police officer; Police station; Precinct; Retro style; Social group; Uniform; Waist up
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / WELFARE
Retouching: N