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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Hidden Caravan, Jackson Street — North Philadelphia

Trailer, tarps blue, snow accumulation, street parking

Police Department, est. 2026

101 days on view


Photographic documentation of the work as submitted to the city's 311 record.
As submitted to the city’s 311 record.

Curatorial note

Seen at night along Jackson Street, the work anchors the curb with a blue-tarped trailer forming a continuous contour of folds. The blue tarps and a white peaked cover, secured by yellow straps, read as a portable shelter against the winter street; 101 days on view have left the scene largely unchanged, a quiet document of urban edge life. Acquired January 2026, it belongs to a subset of the collection focused on residual, unmourned remnants of city life and their persistence in the public realm.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19470960
Location
///brush.cafe.leads
Address
8411 JACKSON ST
Region
Holmesburg
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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