The photographer, Lee Friedlander, in his book "Letters from the People" (held by the Sackner Archive) creates an alphabetical work from street letters and numbers. "The artist breaks down the world's vocabulary to a set of building blocks." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Friedlander has photographed letters, numbers, words and graffiti which he gleaned mainly from the streets and walls of buildings in the United States; hence the title, Letters from the People. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.