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Includes about 123 photographs.

Includes about 117 photographs.

Includes about 33 photographs.

Includes about 104 photographs.

Includes about 98 photographs.

Includes about 31 photographs.

Includes about 93 sheets.

About 53 sheets of color slides including, among others, 6th Ave (between 14th-30th streets) (1981); Westside Highway (1978); Waterfront (including slides for Hopp's exhibition On the Waterfront (1984, 1988, 1995-1996), including b&w slides for prints; land sites for Westside Highway (1982, 1987); Chelsea Piers/Waterfront/Hudson Guild Centennial (1995); Waterfront/Blizzard (1996); 42nd Street (1978).

About 90 sleeves of 35mm negatives including, among others: Westside Highway/Waterfront (1978); Waterfront & General Theological Seminary (1999?); Waterfront (1984, 1995-99); Waterfront at 42nd Street (1997); Waterfront at 23rd Street and Battery Park City (1998); Waterfront/Homeless pier/bikeway (1995); Riverside South (1991); Fulton Landing (1984); Robert Fulton (boat)/South Street (1975).

Includes 23 photographs of exterior views from the Times Square/42nd street area, primarily of theater marquees, signage, and storefronts, with a principal focus on venues offering sexually pornographic movies, live nude shows, and other sex industry services. Identifiable venues include Terminal Bar, Adonis Theater, Fascination game arcade, Metropole Cafe, Pussycat, French Quarters, Frisco Theater (showing the movies "Deep Throat" and "Devil in Miss Jones"), Follies Burlesk (Gaiety male theater), Avon Theater, Girls to Dance, Jay Bee Magazines, Venus, Eros I and Screw theaters, Capri Theater, Girls Galore Burlesque, Maxie's Monogrammed Hats (selling tee shirts and sweatshirts), and a costume shop. The 1999 date is from the photographer's copyright on the back of each print, but the photographs were likely taken before then (e.g., the Adonis theater was demolished in 1995.) Many of these images can be found on-line at https://dangerousminds.net/comments/sleazy_city_amazing_pics_of_times_square_back_before_they_took_all_the_porn.

Includes about 107 prints, mostly multiple copies of photographs found in above box, except for one additional image, that of the Las Vegas theater.

Includes about 244 photographs of exteriors and interiors of the theaters, showing deterioration, demolition/gutting, decorative details, signage. A caption on two prints of the New Amsterdam roof top theater gives a short history of the theater and indicates that 16 of Hopp's photographs of the New Amsterdam were on display at the Municipal Art Society in 1990. Some photographs are captioned to show before and after work, such as sign removal at the Lyric.

Includes about 157 photographs of exteriors and interiors of the theaters, showing deterioration, demolition/gutting, decorative details, signage. Includes before and after photographs of renovations at the Victory, including its marquee at the 1990 opening of "Crowbar." Includes some photos of the New Victory (1999). Includes photos of painted advertisements on buildings related to 42nd street as a destination for moviegoers.

Includes about 130 photographs of theaters. Includes close-ups of building features, including those of the Harris, Lyric, Victory, Times Square, Empire theaters. Images of interiors, often deteriorated, including Liberty, Victory, Times Square, Empire, Selwyn theaters. Images of demolition of the Apollo Theater.

About 46 photographs, including Images of dressing room, Empire Theater ceiling, interiors of theaters, including Academy/New Apollo bar, Times Square, Victory, Selwyn, Empire theaters.

Includes about 72 photographs. Images of demolition of theater interiors, including New Amsterdam and Empire theaters. Images of dressing room at the Victory Theater. Includes an inventory of the 11x14 prints of the New Amsterdam and "Theaters Under Siege" series.

About 15 photographs.

Includes about 46 photographs. Includes Victory Theater, Harris Theater, Lyric Theater, Times Square Theater (including marquee conveying the statement "A New Decade, A New 42 Street"), Apollo Theater, Liberty Theater (sign removal), New Amsterdam marquee, and Empire Theater. Includes wide angle views of north and south sides of 42nd street, birds-eye views, street/pedestrian/traffic views, and details of marquees, building decorative elements (e.g. urns atop Times Square Theater), deterioration, and boarded-up (closed) theaters.

Includes 7 photographs.

Includes about 67 sheets of slides. Includes b&w slides of Theaters Under Siege photographs; color slides of New Amsterdam Theater exhibition at the Municipal Art Society (1990); color slides of Creative Time/42nd Street Art Project (1993).

Includes about 129 sheets of slides, a few in color, bulk in b&w. Images include the different artworks from the 42nd Street Art Project.

Includes about 104 photographs. Includes some theaters, including Henry Miller's Theater/Shout, Victory Theater (demolition), and Lyric, Harem, Harris, and Apollo theaters. In addition to theaters, the box holds other views from the midtown/42nd street area. These include birds-eye views, street-length views, and specific buildings. Buildings include The Town Hall, Hotel Diplomat, Westside Theater playing Mamet's "The Cryptogram," The Actors Studio, The New Dramatists, Richards store, corner of 46th street & 5th avenue, Nathan's, corner of 42nd street & Times Square, corner of 42nd & 6th, New York Newsday building, and Tudor City. There are also photographs of a protest by the Times Square Preservation Committee and of street performers dancing. A small number of construction-related photographs date from 2010.

Includes about 183 35mm contact sheets for images ranging from 1978 to about 2000. These include photographs related to the destruction or renovation of various theaters and other buildings in the Times Square/42nd street area. Many of the sheets include the prints found in earlier boxes, but there are many more images here, notably from the mid to late 1990s depicting demolitions and construction, including the collapse of the Selwyn (1997). These sheets also include photographs of those individuals with interests in the area, including governors George Pataki and Mario Cuomo, developer Seymour Durst, and protestors demonstrating against the changes (1990 Times Square rally). Many of the sheets include captions and dates on the reverse. Photographs other than theaters include Bryant Park, the Diplomat Hotel, New Years Eve 2000, #4 Times Square, Debt Clock (1999), and construction sites at the corner of 42nd street & 7th avenue and on 8th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd. There are some inventories, notes, a 9 page project description and some contact sheets for the Creative Time/42nd Street Art Project, and miscellaneous photos of unidentified individuals.

Includes about 183 sheets of negatives. Includes, among others, 42nd Street area buildings, demolition, construction (1978-1999), Debt Clock (1999), 6th Avenue in the area of street numbered in the 20s (1980s), #4 Times Square (1996-99), Durst buildings, New Years Eve Day in Times Square (1998-99), "Dawn of the Dead" on 42nd Street (1979), Diplomat Hotel (1990), Seymour Durst and Bryant Park (1987), theaters (Victory, New Victory, New Amsterdam, Ford Center), George Pataki luncheon (1995), Times Square rally (1990). Includes a few 8x10 negatives of theater-themed photographs.

About 84 photographs. Includes Victory Theater, Governor George Pataki, Governor Cuomo, protest of destruction of New Amsterdam Theater, 1990 Earth Day, "Subsidize Arts not Office Towers" protest signs.

Includes about 37 sheets of slides. Includes color slides of Outer Smut, "Goddess" by Alex and Allyson Grey at Lincoln Center (August 1989), and 42nd Street Art Project (1994); and b&w slides of Theaters Under Siege and Waterfront.

Includes various Durst buildings in New York City. Many images are duplicates.

includes about 72 sheets. Includes Seymour Durst, Windows on 6th Avenue, 1155 6th Avenue Building, 51st & 3rd Avenue excavation, 43rd & 5th Avenue, Hotel 123, Biltmore Hotel, 47th & 5th Avenue building under construction, Durst Buildings, Bryant Park (1987), Debt Clock (1992), parking lots at 43rd & 9th Avenue, 574 5th Avenue, "Cinderella Wore Combat Boots." Contact sheets for the Luxor Baths (1986). 8 negative and contact sheets of "Homeless in Carl Schurz Park" (1982), George Pissaro Studio and Gallery (1987), Lanny Power's City Lights sculpture (1989). 13 negative and contact sheets of Alexander, Anita, and Helena Durst, 1992 Earth Day Bryant Park/Durst Family, Debt Clock, 4 Times Square.

Includes about 212 photographs. Includes, among others, color and b&w prints of Luxor Baths (1986) and b&w prints of Durst family (1990s), Debt Clock, John Ahern's project for Creative Time (1993), "Guys and Dolls" marquee and signage at Martin Beck Theater, Lanny Powers's City Lights sculpture. Many of the images are duplicates. Most 8x10, some 5x7.

Includes 18 color slide sheets of "Outer Smut," 9 color slide sheets of midtown area work (Penn Station, Rockefeller Center, Majestic Theater, Algonquin, Hotel 123), 23 color slide sheets of 42nd Street theaters, 4 Times Square, 42nd Street, 114 W. 47th Street, Larry Powers's City Lights sculpture (1988), lower 6th Avenue zoning (1981).

Includes, among others, 51 color slide sheets of westside undeveloped sites, which includes lowlying buildings (1981-1984), Rossoffs Bank, U.S. Steel Trust, Luxor Baths Hotel, lower 6th Avenue (1981), Debt Clock, Durst buildings, Durst family, 42nd Street (1977-78), Love Theater (1978), Hotel 123, Royal Manhattan Hotel (1978), Don Quixote sculpture (1984).

Includes informal lists of images, number of prints, codes tying the images to negatives, and other rough notes.

Hopp's self-published 2020 book of photos and text concerning her elderly Aunt Belle. Signed by Hopp. Photos taken mostly from 1988-89, in the last years of Aunt Belle's life.