B&W photo of commercial building at 27 Central Avenue, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0219
Description
People are on the sidewalk of a busy street corner. Storefront signage reads: Joe Eisen BAR GRILL; Coca-Cola LUNCHEON. Signage across the entire second floor reads: DONNA BEAUTY SALON. A barber pole is outside a storefront. An advertisement painted on the side wall of the Hotel Lenox next door reads: PERMANENTS SINGLES-DOUBLES WITH PRIVATE BATH EVERY ROOM WITH [illegible]. A street sign reads: ONE WAY. Snow is on the ground. Circa 1930s-1940s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Commercial building; rectangular plan; 2 stories except 3 stories on left end; storefronts on first floor, 14 bays on second floor; brick façade; 1/1 sash windows and mullioned glass pane windows on second floor; pane glass windows on storefronts; keystone arch window heads on second floor; stone window sills; flat roof; brick frieze with stone medallions.
