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B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 149 Grant Avenue, Jersey City.
Photograph
Storefront signage reads: BOB'S, STATIONERY, Borden's ICE CREAM, SODA, CANDY. A trash can on the corner reads: BE A "LITTER" CAREFUL [illegible]. Street signs read: BERGEN AVE. GRANT AVE. Circa 1950s-1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
2023.011.0168
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories; 12 bays on front façade and 8 bays on side façade; brick façade; single 6/1 sash windows storefront and entry bays; flat roof; parapet alternates inset balusters and elevated paneled sections; brick lintels and stone sills; brick window heads on first floor; central wood and glass double-door entrance with transom window; fire escape; stone sill course on the second floor; stone water table.
Jersey City, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
149 Grant Ave, Jersey City (248 Bergen Ave) file P
Handwritten
Inscription
Back of print
MAGGIO STUDIOS 5524 BERGENLINE AVE. WEST NEW YORK, N. J.
Stamp
10 in
8 in
