B&W photo of apartment building at 69-71 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0112
Description
A man wearing shorts stands near an open car door as a child exits the vehicle. A group of children and adults are gathered on the sidewalk. A woman holding a bag is by the entrance. An air conditioner is in a first floor window. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1950s-1960s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; Gothic Revival features; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 9 bays on front façade and 6 bays on side façade; brick façade; single and triple 3/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; paneled stone cornice; crenelated parapet with pinnacles; soldier and header brick lintels and stone sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and keystone arch surround; fire escape; stone sill course on second floor.
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
69/71 Claremont Ave, Jersey City
Material/Technique
Handwritten
Type
Inscription
Location
Back of print
Transcription
MAGGIO STUDIOS
5524 BERGENLINE AVE.
WEST NEW YORK, N. J.
