Jack Margolin Photograph Collection

Call Number

PR 316

Date

1950-1996, inclusive

Creator

Extent

1.25 Linear feet (3 boxes, 84 photographs)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

This collection consists of 84 black and white photographs of New York scenes between 1950-1996. The photographs were taken in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn and depict people in cafeterias and automats, subway scenes, biking, kids playing in a hydrant, and various protests.

Biographical Note

Jack Margolin was born in 1914 in Brooklyn to Russian-Jewish immigrants. He trained as a linotype operator and worked for several newspapers (The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post) before opening his own small printing company in 1961, which specialized in math and science textbooks published by McGraw-Hill. In 1962, Margolin married Pearl Klein. They had three daughters and lived in Bayside, Queens.

Largely self-taught, Margolin began taking photographs in his 20's. After retiring in 1976, Margolin devoted himself to photography full-time. He was a member of several camera clubs (Fresh Meadows, Metropolitan, Queens) and participated in numerous juried shows. He died in New York in 1996.

Arrangement Note

Photographs are arranged in the numeric order assigned by the photographer.

Scope and Contents Note

This collection consists of 84 black and white (gelatin silver) photographs of New York scenes taken between 1950-1996 by amateur photographer Jack Margolin. The photographs are mounted on board; some have stickers from the Fresh Meadows Camera Club. Images include scenes in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, depicting workers and diners in cafeterias and automats, subway scenes, biking, kids playing in a hydrant, and protests for women's rights and against the Vietnam War. The numbers and titles assigned by Margolin are set forth in the container list below.

Access Restrictions

Available by advance appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org. Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)

Use Restrictions

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
212-485-9228

The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation Note

This collection should be cited as: Jack Margolin Photograph Collection, PR 316, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Provenance

Gift of Sandra Margolin and Roberta Margolin, 2015.

Collection processed by

Susan Kriete

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:49:50 -0400.

Language: Description is in English

Repository

New-York Historical Society

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1. "Early Morning" Garment District, 1985

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

2. "FDR Drive at Night", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

3. "Brooklyn Bridge Dusk", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

4. "Twin Towers; Another View -- Night", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

5. "Skyscrapers, No. 1, Geometry", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

6. "Skyscraper No. 2 -- Reflections", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

7. "Window Washers in the Sky", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

8. "Early Morning Bayside, Queens, NY", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

9. "Northern Boulevard Reflections" Queens, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

10. "Biking Across the 59th St. Bridge", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

11. "Summer Hydrant Play", 1985

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

12. "Seventh Avenue in the Rain", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

13. "Street Shopping -- Flushing, NY", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

14. "Asian/English Ads," Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

15. "Asian, English Commerce" Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

16. "Chinese Food Court" Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

17. "Weight Loss Billboard" Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

18. "Korean Food Court" Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

19. "Well Fed in Cafeteria", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

20. "Cafeteria Letter-Writing Reflections", undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

21. "Waitress Coffee Shop" 21st Street and 5th Avenue, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

22. "BakeOven Cafeteria 4 Men in Hats." 7th Avenue and 31sdt Street, NYC, 1993

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

23. "BakeOven Cafeteria -- Man in a Hat," 7th Avenue, 31st Street, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

24. "Smoking in the BakeOven Cafe," 7th Avenue and 31st Street, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

25. "Huddled Smoker Automat" 7th Avenue and 23rd Street, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

26. "Retired Street Worker -- Automat" 7th Avenue and 23rd Street, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

27. "Self-Service Paradise Cafe" 6th Avenue and 23rd Street, NYC, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

28. "Counterman Flat Iron Cafe" 5th Avenue and 21st Street, NYC, 1970

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

29. "Julio," Rice and Beans Cafe, 5th Avenue and 21st Street, NYC, 1993

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

30. "Stanley, Cafe Counterman", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

31. "Specialties of the Day." Kosher Deli, 1994

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

32. "Bartender, Bayside Tavern" Queens NYC, 1990

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

33. "Having A Drink, Bayside Tavern." Queens, NYC, 1990

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

34. "Waiting for the LIRR," Bayside, NY, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

35. "Subway Platform -- Winter." Bayside, NY, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

36. "Subway: 2 Women in Matching Hats", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

37. "On the Flushing Line -- Pensive Man", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

38. "On the Flushing Line -- Conversation", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

39. Subway -- "Where Imagination Runs Wild", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

40. Subway -- "Travel Companions" Ad, 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

41. Subway -- "Side by Side", 1994

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

42. Subway -- "Serious", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

43. Subway -- "Turbaned", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

44. Subway -- "Reading", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

45. Subway -- "Couple in Black", 1992

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

46. Subway -- "Family", 1992

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

47. Subway -- "Teenage Girls", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

48. Subway -- "Homestyle, 90's Style" Ad, 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

49. Subway -- "Reading the Newspaper", 1995

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

50. "Walter B. Cooke Funeral Billboard", undated

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

51. "Digging in the Trash," The Bowery, 1985

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

52. "Daring Night Manhattan Street Scene", undated

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

53. "Painting Traffic Light" NYC, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

54. "Fish Monger Under the El" NYC, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

55. "Carrying Clothes, Garment District", undated

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

56. "Food Courts," Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

57. "A Dunkin Donuts View of Times Square", 1992

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

58. [Cat in store window] 6th Avenue Donut Shop, 1965

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

59. "On the Phone," Times Square Tourist Shop, 1990

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

60. "Caps for Sale," Flushing, NY, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

61. "Orchard Street Market," Lower East Side, NY, 1995

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

62. "Atlantic Avenue Flea Market," Brooklyn, NY, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

63. "Broadway NY Street Vendor", 1992

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

64. "Candy Man," 6th Avenue, 1960

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

65. "Custom Sandals 22.0" Greenwich Village, 1980

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

66. "Women's Strike for Equality with Bella Abzug #1," 5th Avenue NYC, 1970 August 26

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

67. "Women's Strike for Equality with Bella Abzug #2" 5th Avenue NYC, 1970 August 26

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

68. "Free Abortion on Demand" Women's Demonstration, 5th Avenue, 1970

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

69. "Fuck the System" Vietnam War Protest NYC, 1970

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

70. "Out Now!" Vietnam War Protest, NYC, 1970

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

71. "War Protestor In the Rain," NYC, 1970

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

72. "Giving the Peace Sign," Vietnam War Protest, NYC, 1970

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

73. "Tough Cop, Labor Day Parade" East 47th Street, NYC, 1993

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

74. "Times Square Photo Shoot #1", undated

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

75. "Times Square Photo Shoot #2", undated

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

76. "Holy Men" (Hare Krishna), NYC, 1975

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

77. "Greenwich Village Hippies", undated

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

78. "Lovers Plus One," Sculpture on 7th Avenue, NYC, 1992

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

79. "Intermission at the Met," Lincoln Center, NYC, 1990

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

80. "Four Figures (Shadows & Light)," Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

81. "On the Bench," Central Park, NY, 1990

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

82. "Russian Jews" Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY, 1990

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

83. "Card Players," Bayside, NY, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

84. "Waiting for the First Race," Belmont Park, NY, 1985

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

no number [man in recording studio -- unmounted], undated

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)