B&W photo of apartment building at 6 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City.

Name/Title

B&W photo of apartment building at 6 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City.

Entry/Object ID

2023.011.0125

Description

Real estate signs on the first floor read: SOLD C.B. SNYDER. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

Apartment building; Renaissance Revival features; H-shaped plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 10 bays front façade and 9 bays side façade; brick façade; single and triple 3/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; crenelated parapet with scalloped stone ornaments and crescent shaped accents; decorative labeled window heads on the third floor; brick lintels and stone window sills; central stoop, steel and glass double-door entrance with carved stone surround; fire escape; stone sill courses on the fourth floors; stone 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

[Illegible] 6/10 Bergen Ave. Jersey City

Material/Technique

Handwritten

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of print

Transcription

Dian Photographers 147 ANDERSON AVENUE FAIRVIEW, N.J. WHITNEY 3-1853

Material/Technique

Stamp