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B&W photo of apartment building at 755 South 12th Street, Newark.
Photograph
A boy is on the sidewalk near a parked car. A woman by the entrance is looking towards the boy. A child's tricycle is by the stoop. A baby carriage is by the side of the building. A barber pole is on the building next door. Street signs read: ONE WAY; DO NOT ENTER. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1940s-1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.
2023.011.0228
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Apartment building; rectangular plan; 3 stories plus raised basement; 11 bays on front façade and 6 bays on side façade; brick façade with medallion and diamond ornaments; single and triple 1/1 sash windows; flat roof; brick parapet with pinnacles, pediments and gablets; patterned brick frieze; brick lintels and stone sills; central stoop, steel and glass double-door entrance with awning; fire escape; stone sill course on second floor; stone water table.
Newark, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
755 South 12th St., Newark, N.J CM5306
Handwritten
10 in
8 in