Photograph, Black-and-White

Name/Title

Photograph, Black-and-White

Entry/Object ID

2022.126.42

Description

Black-and-white photograph of the west face of the Algonquin Hotel in the late 1930s, mounted on off-white cardstock. Handwritten caption on back reads, "Algonquin Hotel, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Late 1930s by Tony Lewis." The building appears somewhat dilapidated, with many broken windows. There is long grass and a tilted lamppost in the foreground.

Made/Created

Artist

Lewis, Tony

Date made

1935 - 1939

Place

Business

Hotel Algonquin

Body of Water

Lower Saranac Lake

Region

Adirondacks, The

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Notes

Date: late 1930s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Abandoned buildings

Search Terms

Hotel Algonquin, Hotels

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

7" x 10" (including mat)