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Human Generated Data

Title

Untitled (people on steps, New York City)

Date

c.1950

People

Artist: Mary Lowber Tiers, American 1916 - 1985

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, American Professional Photographers Collection, 4.2002.15893.1

Human Generated Data

Title

Untitled (people on steps, New York City)

People

Artist: Mary Lowber Tiers, American 1916 - 1985

Date

c.1950

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, American Professional Photographers Collection, 4.2002.15893.1

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2022-02-05

Handrail 99.1
Banister 99.1
Staircase 90.9
Person 67.3
Human 67.3

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-29

monochrome 99.3
step 98.4
architecture 97.7
house 95.9
window 95.8
street 95.5
design 93.9
art 93.8
black and white 92.4
building 91.3
city 90.5
decoration 89.9
old 89.6
inside 89.3
illustration 89.1
no person 89
style 88.8
desktop 88.1
family 88.1
vintage 87.8

Imagga
created on 2022-02-05

sketch 76.6
drawing 58.7
representation 46.8
money 38.3
cash 33
currency 30.5
dollar 29.7
paper 27.7
bank 26.2
wealth 26
dollars 24.1
savings 23.3
finance 22.8
architecture 22.4
bills 22.3
business 21.3
banking 21.1
rich 17.7
bill 17.1
financial 16.9
loan 16.3
exchange 15.3
negative 14.9
building 14.5
finances 14.5
pay 14.4
design 14.1
hundred 13.6
interior 13.3
franklin 12.8
home 12.8
film 12.7
structure 12.4
wall 12.1
success 12.1
sculpture 12
one 11.9
art 11.9
house 11.7
us 11.6
tile 11.4
travel 11.3
capital 10.4
investment 10.1
stucco 10
market 9.8
paying 9.7
architectural 9.6
newspaper 9.5
number 9.3
window 9.3
close 9.1
photographic paper 9.1
old 9.1
states 8.7
debt 8.7
payment 8.7
creation 8.3
style 8.2
closeup 8.1
twenty 7.9
president 7.9
product 7.8
abundance 7.8
banknote 7.8
economic 7.8
designer 7.7
notes 7.7
expensive 7.7
pattern 7.5
pile 7.5
city 7.5
monument 7.5
balcony 7.2
marble 7.2
modern 7

Google
created on 2022-02-05

Black-and-white 84
Style 83.8
Building 82.3
Stairs 80.4
Font 80.1
Art 77
Monochrome photography 75.6
Monochrome 73.2
Facade 72.5
Window 70.2
Rectangle 68.7
Pattern 66
Arch 64.1
Visual arts 63.7
Molding 63.5
Stock photography 63.4
Paper 61.9
History 61.2
Room 58
Paper product 54.5

Microsoft
created on 2022-02-05

text 99.8
drawing 88.4
black and white 77.8
stairs 75.8
sketch 67.6

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Staircase
Person
Staircase 90.9%

Categories

Captions

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-17

a photograph of a black and white photo of a staircase with a railing -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-20

The image is a black and white photographic negative. It depicts a staircase with a decorative wrought iron railing. The railing is adorned with repeating spiral motifs. There are figures ascending or descending the staircase, with the most prominent figure appearing to be a statue or bust at the top of the stairs. The architectural style of the building in the background suggests a historical or older urban setting, with details such as brickwork, window designs, and cornices visible. The negative image reverses the tones, so what appears light in the picture would be dark in a positive print.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-20

Here is a description of the image:

The image is a black and white photograph that appears to be a negative print. It depicts an outdoor scene with a set of stairs leading up to a building. The stairs have an ornate, wrought-iron railing with a swirling design.

Several people are on the stairs. One person appears to be descending the stairs and is near the railing. The figures appear somewhat ghostly, due to the negative effect of the print. The backdrop consists of brick buildings with architectural details such as windows, cornices, and possibly fire escapes. The overall tone is somewhat eerie and atmospheric.