Series II: Photo Projects, 1957-2001, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series contains 394 images from over 20 of Davidson's photo essays undertaken between 1957 and 2001. The focus is most often on the people in the photographs, though there are some scenic images of places such as Paris, Central Park, and New York Harbor.
Photos in this series come from Davidson's projects documenting the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force; the Civil Rights movement in the U.S., including the 1965 Selma March; street life in Chicago in 1989; a circus; the streets and gardens of Paris; and English, Scottish and Welsh towns. In addition, there are portraits of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Polish-American writer in Yiddish.
Also included are selections from Davidson's projects that focus on various aspects of life in New York City: a 1950s teenage gang from Brooklyn; children at the American Museum of Natural History in 1960; the subway in the 1980s; Central Park in the 1990s; the construction of the Verrazzano Bridge in 1963-1964; New York Harbor, including the South Street Seaport, the Statue of Liberty, the shoreline, boats, ships, dock workers and ship crew members; and the Lower East Side from the 1950s-1990s.
This series also includes photographs from the East 100th Street photo essay that comprises Series I, along with images from Davidson's 1998 project which revisits the same East Harlem neighborhood and explores the changes that occurred over intervening 30 years.
Air Force, 1997, inclusive
Chicago, 1989, inclusive
Circus, 1958, inclusive
England, Scotland and Wales, 1960-1965, inclusive
France - Paris, 1957-1973, inclusive
France - Paris, 1957-1973, inclusive
New York - American Museum of Natural History, 1960, inclusive
New York - Broadway Islands, 1970s, inclusive
New York - Brooklyn Bridge, 1985, inclusive
New York - Brooklyn Gang, 1959, inclusive
New York - Brooklyn Gang, 1959, inclusive
New York - Cafeteria, 1973, inclusive
Scope and Contents
1 photo, 37x37. An older couple eating at a cafeteria on the Lower East Side.
New York - Central Park, 1992, inclusive
New York - Central Park, 1992, inclusive
New York - Central Park, 1992, inclusive
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2 photos, 21x41
New York - Columbia University, 1995, inclusive
New York - East 100th Street, 1966-1968, inclusive
New York - East 100th Street, 1966-1968, inclusive
New York - East Harlem Revisited, 1998, inclusive
New York - Harbor, 1996-1998, inclusive
New York - Harbor, 1996-1998, inclusive
New York - Lower East Side, 1957-1990, inclusive
New York - Lower East Side, 1990, inclusive
New York - Subway, 1980, inclusive
New York - Subway, 1980, inclusive
New York - The Tombs, 1974, inclusive
New York - Verrazzano Bridge, 1963-1964, inclusive
New York - Verrazzano Bridge, 1963-1964, inclusive
New York - Verrazzano Bridge, 1964, inclusive
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1 photo, 40x60