B&W photo of apartment building at 640-642 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0218
Description
The frieze above the entrance reads: RUTH. The transom window reads: 642. Signage next door reads: GULF TIRES TIME SOON BUY NOW BE READY SPECIAL PRICES. A circa 1940s automobile is parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 6 bays except 5 on first floor; patterned brick façade with diamond ornaments except stone on raised basement; single and triple 1/1 sash windows; labeled window heads on first floor; flat roof; brick parapet with stepped pinnacles; patterned brick frieze; bracketed and denticulated cornice with paneled frieze over central 4 bays; brick lintels and stone sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and stone surround, frieze and door head; fire escape; sill courses on second and fourth floors; stone water table.
