B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 40 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0140
Description
A pedestrian is on the sidewalk. Storefront signage reads: FOUNTAIN SERVICE, GREETING CARDS, CIGARS, TOYS, CANDY, FILMS, Pierre's french ICE CREAM, Coca-Cola, 7up. A real estate sign on the second floor reads: SOLD Maxwell TEMKIN, 879 BERGEN AVE., JERSEY CITY JO.2-8446. Street signs read: BERGEN AVE. WOODLAWN AVE. The trees are leafless. Circa 1930s-1940s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories; 6 bays front façade except storefronts on first floor; 8 bays side façade; brick façade; single and double 3/1 sash windows except entry bay and storefronts; flat roof; stepped parapet with festooned panels; soldier and header brick lintels and stone sills; ground floor side entrance with stone door head and surround; 2 fire escapes; stone string course below second floor; carved stone string course below parapet.
