Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
14 & 16 Canal St. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
March 20, 1939 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. View of a row of dilapidated two- and three-story buildings on Canal Street in Stapleton, Staten Island, as seen from across an empty lot with scattered debris. The view of the buildings is partially blocked by wooden fences. The building at left has a sign: "Miller's." At far left is an elevated railroad. In the foreground is a street paved with bricks. Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo: "14 & 16 Canal St. / U.B. 7 & 8/38 / 3/20/39." Stamped inscription on the reverse: "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT / BOROUGH OF RICHMOND / BUREAU OF ENGINEERING / PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVISION." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Gift of the Bureau of Buildings |
Ownership and History |
The inscription "U.B." stands for "unsafe building." |
Earliest Date |
1939 |
Latest Date |
1939 |
Subjects |
Buildings |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
43.016.0005 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2019. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |