Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
[Jefferson Boulevard and Annadale Road] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Bent, Victor S. |
Date |
August 27, 1940 |
Description |
Original B&W print on cream cardboard mount. View of Jefferson Boulevard looking east toward Annadale Road, in Annadale, Staten Island. Construction is in progress in the middle ground; men can be seen working at left and right. Three buildings are visible on Annadale Road. The building at right has a sign above the windows: "FOOD / MARKET / THE / GREAT / ATLANTIC & PACIFIC / TEA / CO / FOUNDED / 1859." The building at left has an inscription on the awning: "BAKERY & DELICATESSEN." Inscriptions at lower left and right (the inscriptions appear to have been handwritten on the negative): "942" and "8-27-40." An inscription on the reverse identifies the view as new curbs and paving base at Annadale Road and Jefferson Boulevard north of the railroad tracks, looking east; photo by Victor S. Bent. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century, grade crossing elimination) |
Print size |
7.375 x 9.25 |
Earliest Date |
1940 |
Latest Date |
1940 |
Subjects |
Street maintenance & repair Stores & shops Grocery stores Delicatessens |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1829 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, April 2018. |
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. |