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B&W photo of commercial building at 27 Central Avenue, Newark.
Photograph
People are on the sidewalk of a busy street corner. Storefront signage reads: Joe Eisen BAR GRILL; Coca-Cola LUNCHEON. Signage across the entire second floor reads: DONNA BEAUTY SALON. A barber pole is outside a storefront. An advertisement painted on the side wall of the Hotel Lenox next door reads: PERMANENTS SINGLES-DOUBLES WITH PRIVATE BATH EVERY ROOM WITH [illegible]. A street sign reads: ONE WAY. Snow is on the ground. Circa 1930s-1940s automobiles are parked along the curb.
2023.011.0219
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Commercial building; rectangular plan; 2 stories except 3 stories on left end; storefronts on first floor, 14 bays on second floor; brick façade; 1/1 sash windows and mullioned glass pane windows on second floor; pane glass windows on storefronts; keystone arch window heads on second floor; stone window sills; flat roof; brick frieze with stone medallions.
Newark, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
27 Central Ave. Newark NJ NKM
Handwritten
Inscription
Front of print
27 Central Ave - Newark, N.J.
Handwritten
10 in
8 in
