Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Amboy Road and Main Street |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Moritz, Thomas L. [publisher] |
Date |
ca. 1900-1910 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. View of Amboy Road at the corner of Main Street in Tottenville, Staten Island. Several stores and businesses are visible. The second building at right has a sign mounted over the sidewalk with inscription: "[illegible] / LAUNDRY." A street sign on the corner has inscription "MAIN ST." Photo has been retouched with black ink. Reverse has three handwritten inscriptions, each in a different handwriting: "Corner Amboy Road and Main St / Tottenville / New York;" "1724 / 6;" and "1000 / Imprint / Pub. by Thos. L. Moritz / Tottenville / N.Y." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
5 x 7 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1910 |
Subjects |
Streets Stores & shops Storefronts |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
86.047.0004 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, August 2017. |
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. |