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Street views of New York City including the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Bowery, East Harlem, and one view each at Sag Harbor, New York and Detroit, Michigan.

Title
Street views of New York City including the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Bowery, East Harlem, and one view each at Sag Harbor, New York and Detroit, Michigan. [graphic] / Edward Schwartz.
Author
Schwartz, Edward, 1906-
Publication
1943-1949.

Details

Additional Authors
Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
18 photographic prints :silver gelatin, b&w; 25.7 x 20.5 cm.and smaller.
Summary
Sixteen views of mostly women and children on the streets of New York City in areas that include the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the East Village, the Bowery, East Harlem and Midtown, and one view each shows a whaler's home built in 1813 in Sag Harbor, New York and a view of a street demonstration of Afro-Americans demanding better housing and jobs in Detroit, Michigan in 1943.
Subject
  • African Americans
  • Aged persons
  • Amputees
  • Amusement rides
  • Architectural elements
  • Billboards
  • Business enterprises
  • Carts & wagons
  • Children
  • Children & adults
  • Children eating & drinking
  • Children playing outdoors
  • Children's clothing & dress
  • Christmas trees
  • Church vestments
  • City & town life
  • Clothing & dress
  • Dean of Canterbury
  • Demonstrations
  • Dolls
  • Dwellings
  • Eyeglasses
  • Romanies
  • Hats
  • Jewelry
  • Markets
  • Millineries
  • Paintings
  • Pedestrians
  • Poor persons
  • Political posters
  • Priests
  • Race relations
  • Refuse
  • Shoe shiners
  • Shopping
  • Signs
  • Street peddlers
  • Streets
  • Tenement houses
  • Traffic signs & signals
  • Window displays
  • Women
  • Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  • East Village (New York, N.Y.)
  • Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
  • Sag Harbor (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
  • Cityscapes.
  • Portraits.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Note
  • Collection stamps, verso.
  • Photographer's stamps, verso.
  • Titles, dates, locales inscribed in ink, verso.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission of photographer required for reproduction.
Provenance (note)
  • Transfer, 1991.
Call Number
MFZ (Schwartz) 93-6211
OCLC
NYPG93-F149
Author
Schwartz, Edward, 1906- photographer.
Title
Street views of New York City including the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Bowery, East Harlem, and one view each at Sag Harbor, New York and Detroit, Michigan. [graphic] / Edward Schwartz.
Imprint
1943-1949.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms Of Use
Permission of photographer required for reproduction.
Finding Aids
Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
Transfer, 1991.
Added Author
Romana Javitz Collection.
Research Call Number
MFZ (Schwartz) 93-6211
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