B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 436-442 Central Avenue, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0236
Description
Groups of people sit on stoops. A child's tricycle is on the sidewalk. Storefront signage reads: GEORGE KATZMAN, INC. Tubeless Tire HEADQUARTERS 438 WHOLESALE RETAIL VULCANIZING ROAD SERVICE B.F. GOODRICH TIRES AND BATTERIES. Signage for another storefront reads: RESTAURANT LUNCH COCA-COLA CANDY CIGARS CIGARETTES. A neighboring storefront is vacant. Street signs read: CENTRAL AVE.; FAIRMONT AVE.; NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M. Several windows are open. A tree is budding. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 4 bays on front façade and 8 bays on side façade; brick façade; quoining above first floor; pilasters resembling quoining on side façade; single and double 1/1 sash windows except storefronts and entry bays; flat roof; bracketed and consoled cornice with paneled frieze; small shed roof cornice above corner storefront; brick labeled window heads on fourth floor; keystone flat arch lintels and stone sills; 3 offset wood and glass double-door entrances with transom windows and stone surrounds; stone sill course on the second floor.
Subject Place
Location
Newark, 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
436-42 Central Ave, Newark
Material/Technique
Handwritten
Type
Inscription
Location
Back of print
Transcription
MAGGIO STUDIOS
5524 BERGENLINE AVE.
WEST NEW YORK, N. J.
