Photographer File
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Abstract
The collection is a file containing photographs, mainly of New York City, taken by notable photographers including Berenice Abbott; Lilyan Aloma; Joseph Aronberg; Alice Austen; Jim Beecher; Paul Bernius; Alice Boughton; Margaret Bourke-White; Rudy Burckhardt; Lawrence Cherney; William Cooper; Jeff Cowen; Melody D.Davis; Arnold Eagle; Joyce Edelman; Seymour Edelstein; Charlotte Fairchild; Harold Feinstein; Mark Feldstein; Steven Fenn; Geral Jude James Festa; Peter Fink; Andrew Garn; Lynn Gilbert; Keith Gould; Seth Greenwald; Serge Hambourg; Ben Heller; Evelyn Hofer; Steve Hoffman; Francis Benjamin Johnston; Raphael Kalmonoff; Karen Kent; Martin Leifer; Gina LeVay; Ann Littlejohn; Danny Lyon; Chris Mackey; Thomas McGovern; Neil Meyerhoff; Alexander Mikhailovich; Peter Nappi; Bob Newey; Dinanda Nooney; Clayton Price; Emery Reves-Biro; Orville Roberts; Laura Rosen; Fred Rosenberg; Thurman Rotan; James Rudnick; Marie Louise Russell; Arthur Sacks; Frederico Savini; Richard Schiffman; Marcia Sheer; Eve Stroh; Joan Vitale Strong; Leon Supraner; Donna Svennevik; Gilles Vauclaire; Wolf Von dem Bussche; Ray Waters; Richard Wilcox, John Wyatt; Paula Wright
Historical Note
The Photographer File is an artificial collection of photographs that have been acquired through donation or purchase from prominent photographers. Photographs in this collection were often acquired in small numbers or for exhibitions at The New-York Historical Society. Some of the photographs in this collection were included in The New-York Historical Society exhibit "Manhattan Now: 14 Photographers Look at the Form of the City" in 1974, or the 1981 exhibit "Manhattan Observed: Fourteen Photographers Look at New York, 1972-1981." The Photographer File has developed over the years as a collection to house photographs of New York, often by well-known New York photographers. While the file consists mostly of work from the 1930s through the present, photographs by some early portrait photographers, such as Alice Boughton, Frances Benjamin Johnson, Charlotte Fairchild, Underwood & Underwood, and William A. Cooper are also included.
Arrangement
The finding aid is organized alphabetically by photographer's name; photographs are housed by size.
Scope and Content Note
The Photographer File dates primarily from 1930 through the present, but includes a few photographs by prominent photographers from as early as ca. 1882. The finding aid is arranged alphabetically by photographer's name; photographs are housed by size. Because of the varied nature of this collection, the photographs have been described more fully under each photographer's name in the folder listing. Researchers should be aware that in most cases the permission of the photographer is required for reproduction of images.
Included within this collection are photographs by Berenice Abbott; Lilyan Aloma; Joseph Aronberg; Alice Austen; Jim Beecher; Paul Bernius; Alice Boughton; Margaret Bourke-White; Rudy Burckhardt; Lawrence Cherney; William Cooper; Jeff Cowen; Melody D.Davis; Arnold Eagle; Joyce Edelman; Seymour Edelstein; Charlotte Fairchild; Harold Feinstein; Mark Feldstein; Steven Fenn; Gerald Jude James Festa; Peter Fink; Andrew Garn; Lynn Gilbert; Keith Gould; Seth Greenwald; Serge Hambourg; Ben Heller; Evelyn Hofer; Steve Hoffman; Francis Benjamin Johnston; Raphael Kalmonoff; Rivka Katvan; Karen Kent; Martin Leifer; Gina LeVay; Ann Littlejohn; Danny Lyon; Chris Mackey; Thomas McGovern; Neil Meyerhoff; Alexander Mikhailovich; Peter Nappi; Bob Newey; Dinanda Nooney; Clayton Price; Emery Reves-Biro; Orville Roberts; Laura Rosen; Fred Rosenberg; Thurman Rotan; James Rudnick; Marie Louise Russell; Arthur Sacks; Frederico Savini; Richard Schiffman; Marcia Sheer; Eve Stroh; Joan Vitale Strong; Leon Supraner; Donna Svennevik; Gilles Vauclaire; Wolf Von dem Bussche; Ray Waters; John Wyatt; Paula Wright. Prominent people portrayed in this collection include Bill Cunningham, David Dinkins, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Doc Cheatham, Henry James, Charles Dana Gibson, Billie Jean King.
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Access Restrictions
For more information on making arrangements to consult the collection, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Photographer File, PR 050, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the photographs within the Photographer File were purchased from or donated by the photographers, often for use in exhibitions. Larger gifts include the following: photographs by Alice Austen were a gift of Henry Marion Ward in 1942; Jim Beecher donated his photographs in 1986; Chris Mackey donated her photographs in 1983; Sy Edelstein donated his photographs in 1994; Wolf Von Dem Bussche's photographs were a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Eaton in 1997; Arthur Sacks donated his photographs in 1987; Paula Wright donated her 1964-1965 World's Fair photographs in 1993; 11 photographs by Joyce Edelman were donated by Deborah Edelman in 1992; Charles Schwartz donated photographs by a number of photographers in 2002, and Fred Rosenberg donated his photographs in 2004.
Separated Material
Photographs by the following have been removed to their own collections over time: Ruth Orkin (PR 190), Bill Aron (PR 192), Sidney Kerner (PR 193), Morris Huberland (PR 194), Harold Roth (PR 195), Lewis F. White (PR 196), Rhoda Galyn (PR 197), Robert Gambee (PR 198), Michael George (PR 199), David Sagarin (PR 200), Jan Staller (PR 201), Philip Trager (PR 202), Eadweard Muybridge (PR 205), William F. Winter (PR 206), Andreas Feininger (PR 207), Bill Cunningham (PR 307), Janelle Lynch (PR 344), Steven Harmon (PR 362), Ken Ratner (PR 373), Samuel Gottscho (PR 423), Bob Gore (PR 424).
Accruals
Additions to the collection are expected to occur from time to time, both for additional photographs and for photographs by photographers not presently represented in the collection. On the other hand, as has happened in the past, a curatorial decision may be made to transfer a particular photographer's work from this collection to a standalone collection of their own.
About this Guide
Processing Information Note
Additions processed by archivists Marybeth Kavanagh in 2016-2017, Joseph Ditta in 2019, and Larry Weimer in 2019-20, 2022.
Edition of this Guide
Repository
Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991)
Gelatin silver print, 4 x 6.5 in. mounted on a 14 x 18 mat board. Bird's eye view of Wall Street.
Gelatin silver print, 7 x 9 in. mounted on a 12 x 16 in. mat board. Statue of Leif Erikson
Scope and Contents
Gift of Ari and Helene Bousbib, 2016
Albok, John
1 gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in., Wash Day, view of rain falling on Madison Avenue near 96th Street. Signed., 1941
Aloma, Lilyan
1 gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in., of New York City buildings including a billboard, water tower and one way sign; photograph is entitled "One Way"., 2002
Aronberg, Jacob
2 gelatin silver prints, mounted, 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. of New York City urban youth. One shows the back window of a school bus with a bullet hole; the other is of a young girl in a sundress jumping rope down an urban sidewalk. Signed, dated and stamped by the photographer., 1978, 1987
Austen, Alice (1866-1952)
13 gelatin silver prints, mounted, 4 x 5 in. or smaller, of unidentified boats. (2 folders), undated
Beecher, Jim
13 gelatin silver prints, 8 x 10 in., taken at the Tompkins Square Boys' Club of New York at 287 E. 10th St. in Manhattan, 1976-1986
Beller-Smith, Victoria
"Poor Cat" [7 boys posing with cat], undated
West 77th Street, circa 1960's-1970's
Broadway and 71st Street [Nevada Hotel demolition], circa 1970's
[Five kids 110th Street], circa 1970's
11 contact sheets of New York City images [includes off-track betting, lower east side, Harlem, upper west side], circa 1960's-1970's
Bernius, Paul
1 mounted gelatin silver print, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in., of John Iannuzzi fleeing a fire at 572 President Street in Brooklyn, carrrying his caged parrot, Bobo; photograph is entitled Polly Wanna Cracker, Untoasted. Published newspaper clipping from the Daily News including the photograph is mounted on the verso., 1959
Boughton, Alice (1865-1943)
3 palladium prints; one 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. portrait of Henry James, one 8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. mounted portrait of Henry James, and one 8 x 10 in. mounted portrait of an unidentified man., 1905
Bourke-White, Margaret (1904-1971)
1 gelatin silver print, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in., portrait of S.J. Woolf, artist, signed by Bourke-White and 1 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch gelatin silver print of an unidentified boat, bearing the photographer's stamp., 1943, undated
Burckhardt, Rudy (1914-1999)
1 black and white photomechanical print on Japanese tissue paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in., of a woman walking by the Saks & Co. storefront on 34th Street in 1938, mounted with a poem by Edwin Denby, "Mid Day Crowd"., undated
Cherney, Lawrence
1 color photograph, 11 x 14 in., of S. Klein On the Square., [1970-1989]
Cooper, Martha (1943- )
Olek at the Women's March, 2017, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Gift of Martha Cooper, December 2017.
Cooper, William A
10 gelatin silver prints, 8 x 10 in. and smaller. Unidentified portraits., undated
4 panoramic photographs of Catskill Mountain House and the surrounding area; 1 of an unidentified town at a river junction; 1 of Victorian houses, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The photograph of Victorian houses is not explicitly signed or otherwise noted as a Cooper, but was found with the others in 2022 and so was left in place.
5 panoramic photographs of views from Brooklyn across the East River to lower Manhattan, circa 1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
None of the photos explicitly indicate they are by Cooper, but one can be found attributed to him on the Library of Congress site: [New York from Brooklyn Heights, panoramic view] at https://www.loc.gov/resource/ds.04403/. The others appear to have been taken from roughly the same spot, but at a slightly different time as different boats are on the river. The items were found together in the stacks in 2022 and were left together here.
Cowen, Jeff
5 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of transgender sex workers in Manhattan.(2 folders), 1988
Davis, Melody D. (1959-)
4 platinum/palladium prints, 12 x 10 in., of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine)., 1983
Eagle, Arnold (1909-1992)
5 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. or smaller, of New York scenes including a high-angle interior of Pennsylvania Station, young Jews at Torah study, children playing in the street, and interiors of a Second Avenue elevated train station., [1930-1949]
Earle, John D
24 gelatin silver prints, 3 1/2" x 4 1/2", taken around 385 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, in the 1930s. Photographs are of children, many African American, playing street games, jumping rope and playing ball., [1930-1939]
Edelman, Joyce (1945-1991)
4 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., and 7 color photographs, 16 x 20 in., of New York City. Included are street scenes, skylines, aerial views showing East River bridges, and a photograph of the New York County Supreme Court entrance at 60 Centre Street. Portraits of jazz musician Doc Cheatham are included., 1988, undated
Edelstein, Seymour
14 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., from Edelstein's "Shopkeepers" series. Includes portraits of Jewish shopkeepers on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in Brooklyn. Views of storefronts, signs, and shop interiors are included., 1985-1993
Fairchild, Charlotte
1 gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in., full length portrait of an unidentified boy and woman in front of exterior (garden?) door., undated
Fassbender, Adolf (1884-1980)
Sun's Total Eclipse, 9:11 a.m., Bronx Park, N.Y.C., 1925 January 24
Feinstein, Harold
7 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. of street views, a boy writing numbers with chalk on a sidewalk, a man holding a child, and snow on tree branches. All are signed, dated and numbered., 1950-1977
Feldstein, Mark (1937-)
11 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. of cars and architectural details of Manhattan buildings. Photographs are high-contrast with attention to form and structure., 1976-1977
Fenn, Steven
World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan. Chromogenic print, 16x20 in., 2001
Festa, Gerald Jude James, 1981
"The Upper East Side", 1981
Scope and Contents
One black and white 20x16 photograph, showing front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with banner for "The Eighteenth Century Woman," taken from East 82nd Street across Fifth Ave. Signed "Gerald Jude." Gift of the photographer, November 2019.
Fink, Peter
1 gelatin silver print, 10 x 6 1/2 in., mounted, of a rippled reflection of an unidentified building. Mount is signed by the photographer., undated
Frisone, Rosemarie
Ferry and Statue of Liberty (going to Staten Island); Terminal Industries; Viewing Statue of Liberty (Window Reflections); Girl with dog; Docking Staten Island Side; Upper Deck (Shoe Shine with trio)., 1987-1991
Scope and Contents
6 black and white pigment prints, 11 x 14 in., all taken on the Staten Island Ferry. 4 images were a gift of Rosemarie Frisone, 2017; 2 images were purchased from the photographer, 2017
Frost, Rosalie
Harris Battery # 1, Fort Tilden, 2007, inclusive
Harris Battery #2, Fort Tilden, 2007, inclusive
Dune Pond, Fort Tilden, 2007, inclusive
Garn, Andrew
5 color photographs, 12 x 12 in., of New York buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Municipal Building, the RCA Building, 500 Fifth Avenue, and the Woolworth Building., 1981-1983
Gescheidt, Alfred
4 gelatin silver prints: ship on wharf, boy on rooftop, icy watertower, firefighting at Lexington Avenue and 31st Street, circa 1960's, undated
Gilbert, Lynn
Billie Jean King, 1978
Scope and Contents Note
Includes one gelatin silver print, b&w, 14 x 11". Image is of King with tennis racket, seated in a locker room. Gift, Lynn Gilbert, 2017.
Goldfarb, Anders (1954-)
[Young Man on Subway], 1987 January
Scope and Contents
Signed. Images of graffiti on the subway car interior. Acquisition: Gift of the photographer, March 2018.
[Repent], 1988 January
Scope and Contents
Signed. Subway car with commuters and graffiti. Acquisition: Purchase from the photographer, March 2018.
González, Alfred
14 black-and-white prints on 100% Rag Entrada [3 folders], 1978, 1983-1984, inclusive
Scope and Contents
"A Ride on the 6," March 1983. [On the 6 train in the Bronx, near Castle Hill Avenue.]
"Volkswagen Shrine," 1984. [East side of Lexington Avenue between 110th & 111th Streets.]
"Niño en Botanica," March 1983. [East side of Lexington Avenue between 111th & 112th Streets.]
"People," April 1983. [6 train Northbound near 86th Street.]
"Shoot and Run," April 1983. [108th or 109th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues.]
"2nd Ammendment [sic]," April 1983. [Park Avenue at about 83rd Street, west side of street.]
"Es Tremendo," April 1983. [West side of 3rd Avenue between 115th & 116th Street.]
"Back of the Bus," February 1983. [101 Bus, Third Avenue, near 86th Street.]
"Lake, Boys, Volkie," April 1983. [Central Park, Conservatory Water Lake, east side near 75th Street.]
"Fire Boat," February 1983. [South Ferry Fire House on the Battery, NY.]
"Convenience Banking," February 1983. [Promenade of World Trade Center.]
"Odd Couple," May 1978. [South East, Central Park Lake, The Pond, near 61st Street.]
"Reading the Script," May 1983. [South side of 86th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenue.]
"Fire Escape Shadows," March 1983. [East side of Lexington Avenue, between 111th and 112th Streets.]
Purchase, Alfred González, 2019 (accession no. PPAC-2019-021).
Gould, Keith
10 digital color prints, varying sizes, from 13 x 17 1/2 in. to 13 x 19 in. from his series "Subways are for Sleeping." Each print has been numbered to correspond with it's title: 1. "yellow coat," 2. "upper east side," 3. "Michelin man," 4. "nanny," 5. "pulp fiction," 6. "terror guy," 7. "serenity," 8. "yellow scarf," 9. "yankee fan," 10. "the hood.", 2006-2007
Greenwald, Seth
4 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of the George Washington Bridge from below, a woman with flyswatter, a depiction of Jesus hung beside photograph of John F. Kennedy, and girl running beside a fountain. All are signed and numbered., 1989-1995
Hambourg, Serge (1936-)
2 color photographs of a New York subway platform and a subway entrance gate. 1 gelatin silver self-portrait, 8 x 10 in., [1970-1981]
1 color photograph, 16 x 20 in., of a subway platform at 34th Street and Seventh Avenue., ]1970-1979]
Heller, Ben
1 gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in., of men playing baseball in a lot in the gas house district (East 14th Street). Stamped as an Underwood & Underwood photo by Ben Heller., [1940]
Hine, Lewis
Making Violets, New York City. Gelatin silver print, 4 5/8in. x 6 5/8in., 1912
Hofer, Evelyn
1 gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in., of the World Trade Center under construction., [1966-1970]
Hoffman, Steve
"Boys in the Hallway," Angels in the Church," Girls on the Couch," "Saturday Morning at the Beauty Parlor", undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
4 black and white photographs, 11 x 14". Signed by photographer. Purchase from the photographer, 2008.
Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942)
3 albumen photographs, approx. 16 x 20 in., of the Hudson River from various locations in New York State., [ca. 1890]
Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952)
1 gelatin silver print, 11 x 13 1/2 in., mounted, of 9 wives of the United States Cabinet, including Mrs. Daniel Scott Lamont(wife of the Secretary of War)., 1897
Kalmanoff, Raphael J.
6 toned gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of the Coney Island Gyroscope and Steeplechase, New York street scenes, and an elevated railroad. All are signed., [1940-1949]
Katvan, Rivka, 1981
Scope and Contents
One photograph used in the exhibition "Celebrating Bill Cunningham" shown at New-York Historical Society from June 8 to September 9, 2018. Loaned for the exhibition, the photo was donated by the photographer afterward. Archival quality digital print from an original 35mm negative. Image: 14 x 9-7/16 in. Sheet: 22 x 17 in. added to the Photographer File collection in May 2019.
"Bill Cunningham sewing tulle into wedding dress bodice for Julie Schafler", 1981 March 23
Katz, Bruce, 2012
City Limits (post Sandy) Orchard Beach, Bronx inkjet print on Hahnmuhle paper 22"x17", 2012
City Limits (post Sandy) Riis Park, Queens inkjet print on Hahnmuhle paper 22"x17", 2012
Kent, Karen
1 color photograph, 11 x 14 in., of the South Street seaport., 1984
Leifer, Martin (1916- )
65 gelatin silver prints, 8 x 10 in. or smaller, straightforward architectural photographs of locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Governors Island, including Coney Island, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Governors Island residences. (4 folders), 1968, 1972
1 gelatin silver print, 6 x 9 1/2 in., mounted, of St. Paul's Chapel with the Western Union Building., undated
LeVay, Gina
5 Archival pigment prints of Sandhogs working in City Water Tunnel #3, Manhattan Sect, 2004-2007
Littlejohn, Ann
1 color photograph, 11 x 14 in., of New York Mayor David Dinkins., 1990
Lyon, Danny (1942-)
1 gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., of the interior of 88 Gold Street. [Plate 33 from the book "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan" (1969).] Signed, stamped, numbered, and dated on the verso., 1967
Mackey, Chris
27 gelatin silver prints, 7 x 10 in., of street scenes and shop windows on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, primarily on Ludlow and Orchard Streets. (2 folders), [1970-1983]
McGovern, Thomas
2 black and white prints of tattoo artist Mike Bakaty and his clients at his studio at 295 Bowery., ca.1988-1991
Scope and Contents
Gift of Thomas McGovern, 2016.
Merrill, Larry
Bethesda Terra [bride being photographed] (chromogenic print from film negative), 2005
Madison Avenue (digital print on cotton rag paper using pigmented ink), 2008
Meyers, William (1938-)
1 gelatin silver print, Hunts Point Market, Bronx, 1999 November 17
Meyerhoff, Neil (1949-)
5 color photographs, 11 x 14 in., of New York street life, often with reflections in shop windows., 1989-1990
Mikhailovich, Alexander
1 gelatin silver print, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., is a self portrait. 16 photomechanical views, 5 x 7 in., of New York City, including aerial views., [1990]
1 double-sided photomechanical print of the Flatiron Building, hand-colored, 11 x 14 in. 1 color photograph, 16 x 20 in., of Times Square. 2 silver gelatin prints, 16 x 20 in. of New York street scenes. 2 photographic reproduction posters, 16 x 20 in., of the Manhattan skyline and an aerial view of midtown Manhattan., 1985-1993
Moser, Lida (1920-2014)
Leonard Bernstein and James Levine, 1987, inclusive
Nappi, Peter
10 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. of landscapes and buildings; most depict rural scenes and ruins. All are unidentified., 1989
Newey, Simon Robert (Bob) (1959-2013)
"Central Park, NYC: Gay Pride Day" and "Roller Ryna", undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
2 black and white photos, each roughly 11 x 14 inch". Transferred from the N-YHS museum to the library, November 2019.
Nooney, Dinanda
20 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., primarily rooftop views of the West Side Highway and the Hudson River; includes a snow view., 1974-1975
Plasse, Jon
3 gelatin silver photographs, 20 x24 in., from his series"Stadium Memories." Images document Yankee Stadium, showing the field and stands, the stadium exterior and elevated train station, and a mural with famous ballplayers and graffiti., [ca. 2006]
Price, Clayton
9 color inkjet prints of 21st century subway tunnel construction: "7 Line Tunnel inspection," "2nd Avenue Tunnel," "Workers Travel UnderGrand Central Station," "2nd Avenue Tunnel Area," "Boring Machine," "7 Line 11th Avenue Station Construction," "7 Line Extension," "Under Grand Central Metro North Station," "MTA Tunnel Drilling Rig", [2007-2016]
7 color and black-and-white inkjet prints of Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York [1 folder], 1973-2016, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Titles taken from print versos. [Bracketed] descriptions drawn from photographer's notes of March 13, 2019.
1. "First Photograph at Gowanus Canal - from Union Street Bridge," 1973. [View looking north from Union Street Bridge, with T. E. Conklin Brass & Copper painted sign at right.]
2. "Gowanus Canal - Union Street Bridge," 2014. [Same view as #1, but with construction improvements. Conklin sign and "junk writing" on the building.]
3. "Gowanus Overview," 2013. [Taken from roof of building at 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue; view includes industrial sites, F train overpass, and Statue of Liberty.]
4. "Gowanus Asphalt Plant," 2013.
5. "Gowanus Canal - Sewer Overflow Pipes," 2013.
6. "HOMELESS," 2016. [Taken during the demolition of 18 coal silos from the early 19th century.]
7. "Gowanus Barge Parking," 2011.
All photographs except #5 and #6 were purchased from Clayton Price, 2019; #5 and 6 (Gowanus canal sewer overflow pipes and Homeless) were concurrent gifts from Price. (Accession no. PPAC.2019.022)
Reves-Biro, Emery (1895-1975)
3 color transparencies, 8 x 10 in., 3 gelatin silver portraits, 11 x 14 in. of Biro (self portrait), Charles Dana Gibson, and Paul Lukas(?). 1 tear sheet advertisement, and 2 black and white negatives, 8 x 10 in. of unidentified women. (2 folders), undated
Robertson, Orville (1959-)
3 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of New York street scenes, particularly advertisements and signs. Titled, signed and dated by the photographer., 1985-1993
Rosen, Laura
1 cibachrome color prints and 5 silver gelatin prints, all 11 x 14 in., all views of or from NYC rooftops, printed for the 2001 N-YHS "Rooftops" exhibition. Views include The Yale Truck billboard and roof gardens with people sunbathing., 1980
1 cibachrome color print and 1 silver gelatin prints, both 16 x 20 in., printed for the 2001 N-YHS "Rooftops" exhibition. Photos show joggers on the roof of the McGraw Hill building, and the roof of the AT&T building, with a view of the World Trade Center., 1980-1982
Rosenberg, Fred
15 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of Manhattan residents and street scenes at night, from the photographer's series "Night Gallery"., [1975]
Rosenblum, Walter (1919-2006)
Block Party, Pitt Street, New York (4 gelatin silver photographs), 1940
Rothschild, Amalie
Grateful Dead Concert at the Fillmore East (3 photos), 1970 January
Rudnick, James
3 color prints, 11 x 14, of the Statue of Liberty renovation and cleaning. Prints made by the photographer in 2004 from his negatives. All are signed by the photographer., 1984-1985
Russell, Marie Louise
54 gelatin silver prints of New York City, various sizes, including industrial sites and harbor scenes -- unusual subject matter for a woman photographer of this era (2 folders)., [1920's-1930's]
Sacks, Arthur
10 gelatin silver prints, 16 x 15 in., of the 72nd Street train yards in Manhattan. (3 folders), [1974-1975]
Saville, Lynn (1950-)
1 color photograph, 20 x 24" archival pigment print. "Grand Central, Western Facade." Edition 1 of 6. Signed, titled, dated verso in ink., 2017
Savini, Federico
3 color prints of the Hua Mei Bird Garden in Chinatown, including views of birds and bird cages, exhibited in the 2003 N-YHS exhibition "Petropolis.", 1999
Schiffman, Richard (1952-)
2 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., one of First Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City, Queens, with the Manhattan skyline in the background, and one of the Manhattan skyline from the Queens riverfront., 1983, 1985
Sheer, Marcia (1916-1989)
2 cyanotypes and 3 sepia toned gelatin silver prints, 9 x 11 1/2 in. Park views, signed and labeled on verso in pencil., undated
Squillante, Joseph
Kaaterskill Falls [Hudson River Portfolio], 2000
L'il Red Lightouse from Sloop Clearwater [Hudson River Portfolio], 2000
Sunnyside, Home of Washington Irving [Hudson River Portfolio][color print]
View from the World Trade Center, 1985, printed 2006
Stein, Harvey
"Man Wearing Bow Tie, Coney Island", 1970
Scope and Contents
1 gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Titled and signed by Stein, 2011. Purchased from the photographer, June 20152.
Stroh, Eve (1917-)
12 modern gelatin silver prints, 8 x 10 in., from negatives taken in the 1960s of the Essex Street market preparing for the festival of Sukkot, the demolition of the 8th Regiment Armory on 94th Street, the demolition of Pennsylvania Station, and a few views of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. (All were printed by Wayne Goldstein in 1983)., [1960-1969]
Strong, Joan Vitale
2 color photographs, 11 x 14 in., portraits of Nelson Mandela taken during his 1990 trip to New York., 1990
Supraner, Leon (1925-)
23 gelatin silver prints: 1 - 8 x 10 in., 7 - 11 x 14 in., 15 - 20 x 24 in. Structurally focused views of Manhattan architecture. One is an unattributed (self?) portrait of Supraner., [1970-1981]
Svennevik, Donna
2 color photographs, one 8 x 10 in. and one 11 x 14 in., of New York street scenes, with green and blue stripes painted on pavement by artist Eric Arctander., [1970-1989]
Tress, Arthur (1940-)
Four black and white, 8x11 inch photos taken in Pelham Bay Park, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Gift, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, 2021. Added to finding aid, June 2021.
Underwood & Underwood (est. 1882)
22 gelatin silver prints, 4 x 5 inches and smaller. Unidentified New York street scenes., [1882-1900]
Vauclair, Gilles
20 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in., of New York street scenes and structures, including the Manhattan Bridge from below, Wall Street, the Pan Am Building and Grand Central Terminal, the World Trade Center, and the Woolworth Building. Also includes a view of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in a snow storm. Two prints from Queens: a view of snow-covered elevated train tracks north from the Astoria Boulevard station to the Ditmars Boulevard terminal in Queens and of the number 7 subway train descending into the Queensboro Plaza station, Swingline Staplers sign visible in the distance., 1980-1989
Van Loen, Alfred (attributed)
[Young boy embracing Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park], 1968
General Note
Includes sketch and inscription on back
Von Dem Bussche, Wolf
10 gelatin silver prints, 16 x 20 in. Views of New York, including the World Trade Center, Washington Square, the Flatiron Building, and Foley Square housed in a custom-made metal box. Entitled "N.Y., N.Y. Ten Photographs.", 1967-1976
Wampler, Damien
Darfur in Brooklyn [Coney Island Avenue], circa 2010
Waters, Ray
1 gelatin silver print, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., mounted, of Bernard M. Baruch sitting on his favorite Central Park Bench, as a boy reads the plaque dedicating the bench to Baruch. A "Daily News" clipping of the published photograph is mounted to the verso., 1958
Wilcox, Richard (1945-), 1999, inclusive
"Flatiron Building", 1999
Scope and Contents
Inkjet print/digital photograph, matted. Gift, Marilyn Symmes, April 2022. Credit line: "Marilyn F. Symmes"
"Municipal Building, No. 1", 1999
Scope and Contents
Inkjet print/digital photograph, matted. Gift, Marilyn Symmes, April 2022. Credit line: "Marilyn F. Symmes"