B&W photo of apartment building at 198 Kensington Avenue, Jersey City.

Name/Title

B&W photo of apartment building at 198 Kensington Avenue, Jersey City.

Entry/Object ID

2023.011.0130

Description

Potted plants are in a second floor window. A real estate sign on the first floor reads: SOLD C.B. SNYDER. The trees are leafless. A circa 1940s automobile with a license plate that reads: NY 49 CR39-26 is parked head-first along the curb.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

Apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 3 bays; brick façade; single and double 2/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; parapet with gablets and pinnacles flanking a central broken pediment; soldier and header brick lintels and stone sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and keystone surround; fire escape; stone sill course on fourth floor; soldier brick water table.

Subject Place

Location

Jersey City, NJ

Acquisition

Accession

2023.011

Source or Donor

John Amato

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1930 - circa 1970

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of print

Transcription

198 Kensington Ave Jersey City NKM

Material/Technique

Handwritten

Type

Inscription

Location

Front of print

Transcription

198 Kensington Ave. Jersey City (Mangt)

Material/Technique

Label, Typewritten

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

8 in