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        "tombstone": "Social Patron, 1947\u201351. Louis Faurer (American, 1916\u20132001). Gelatin silver print; paper: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard Greenberg, 2009.484. \u00a9 Estate of Louis Faurer",
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        "title": "Social Patron",
        "creation_date": "1947\u201351",
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            "male",
            "Jewish artists"
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        "culture": [
            "America"
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        "technique": "gelatin silver print",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
        "type": "Photograph",
        "measurements": "Paper: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of Louis Faurer",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 393871,
                    "title": "A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920\u20131950",
                    "description": "<i>A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920\u20131950</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-07-10T04:00:00"
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        "description": "This image by Louis Faurer portrays a patron of one of the dime-a-dance halls, or taxi dance halls, that appeared in Times Square in the 1930s and lasted into the 1970s. Lonely men spent a dime per dance to escort \u201cbeautiful girls\u201d around the dance floor. Paid half the price of the ticket, the women could earn\u2014by working just a few hours each night\u2014two or three times the salary of women in professions such as factory or retail work. In 1931 there were more than 100 such dance halls in New York City alone, visited by 35,000 to 50,000 men every week.",
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        "sortable_date": 1947,
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:09:11.902000"
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