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B&W photo of apartment building at 69-71 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City.
Photograph
A man wearing shorts stands near an open car door as a child exits the vehicle. A group of children and adults are gathered on the sidewalk. A woman holding a bag is by the entrance. An air conditioner is in a first floor window. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1950s-1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
2023.011.0112
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Apartment building; Gothic Revival features; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 9 bays on front façade and 6 bays on side façade; brick façade; single and triple 3/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; paneled stone cornice; crenelated parapet with pinnacles; soldier and header brick lintels and stone sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and keystone arch surround; fire escape; stone sill course on second floor.
Jersey City, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
69/71 Claremont Ave, Jersey City
Handwritten
Inscription
Back of print
MAGGIO STUDIOS 5524 BERGENLINE AVE. WEST NEW YORK, N. J.
Stamp
