
Guide to the Browning Photograph Collection
1918-1952
(bulk 1920-1938)
PR 9
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400
New-York Historical Society
Collection processed by Jennifer Lewis
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on August 06, 2019
Description is in English.
Descriptive Summary
Title: | Browning Photograph Collection |
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Dates [inclusive]: | 1918-1952 (bulk 1920-1938) |
Abstract: | The Browning Collection consists primarily of photographs of interiors and exteriors
of 1920s and 1930s New York buildings, including art deco theaters, hotels, skyscrapers,
suburban residences, shops, and institutions. Also captured are Manhattan shoppers
and window displays, Lower East Side peddlers, advertising sandwich boards, roof tops,
Great Depression shanty towns and street life, dramatic skylines, night views, weather,
sports, many types of transportation, and photomontages. Documents and ephemera in
the collection relate to Irving Browning's professional career as a photographer and
cinematographer.
The Browning Photograph Collection is digitized and available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library. |
Quantity: | 7 Linear feet (27 boxes) |
Call Phrase: | PR 9 |
Biographical Note
Irving Browning (1895-1961), a self-taught photographer and cinematographer, was born in New York City. Browning opened a commercial photograph studio at 110 West 40th Street in 1922 or 1923; his younger brother, Sam, occasionally worked with him as a photographer. A former silent film actor and comedian of the 1910s, New Yorker Irving Browning photographed both exteriors and interiors of skyscrapers, art deco theaters, hotels, apartment buildings, and suburban residences, and documented the lifestyles of New Yorkers during the 1920s and 1930s.
The Irving Browning Studio received commissions from architectural firms, advertising agencies, and magazines to photographically illustrate both the realistic and idealistic urban environment of Depression-era New York City. As construction in Manhattan flourished despite the Depression, Browning was hired to document such new architectural landmarks as the Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the RKO Roxy and Earl Carroll theaters, and the towering Empire State Building.
Through both his professional and personal work, Browning also captured some of the more intimate daily experiences of city residents. Many of his photographs from the 1930s meditate on the contrasts of poverty and wealth; they focus on poor Lower East Side peddlers, former businessmen selling apples in the aftermath of the stock market crash, and shantytowns as well as on such things as well-heeled shoppers perusing fashionable window displays and the leisure activities and lifestyles of the wealthy.
Browning was an innovator who took an avid interest in the technical aspects of photography. His correspondence hints at his interest in the evolution of color film, in advances in motion picture technologies, and in expanding the ability of still photographs to communicate. Browning's creative and sometimes frenetic photomontages were popular among magazine advertising clients. His novel circular reflection, bas-relief, and expansive architectural views graced the pages of The New York Times. Browning's technical interests also extended to the history of photography and cinematography. He amassed a large collection of vintage cameras, projectors, lenses, stereoscopic viewers, and motion picture equipment. Browning lectured on and exhibited his collection at colleges, schools, and professional organizations throughout the New York area.
In later years, Browning focused his career on creating motion pictures. He worked in a variety of capacities in the film industry, from his early work as an actor to his later work in the 1930s and 1940s as a director, producer, and cameraman. A few of his short films gained a measure of notice, including the documentary City of Contrasts (1931), and the short biopic Women in Photography (1941) which focused on the careers of Ruth Alexander Nichols, Toni Frissel, Bernice Abbott, and Margaret Bourke-White.
Browning was a member of a number of professional organizations, including the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, the American Television Society, and the Master Photo Dealers' & Finishers' Association. His photographs were exhibited jointly with such well-regarded contemporaries as Margaret Bourke-White, Ralph Steiner, and Bernice Abbott. By 1940, Browning had founded and was serving as president of the Camera Mart, Inc., a photographic and motion picture equipment store which he owned until his death in 1961.
Scope and Content Note
The Browning Photograph Collection spans the period from 1918 to 1952 and primarily contains photographs depicting exteriors and interiors of new buildings in and around New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Photographers Irving and Sam Browning photographed theaters, hotels, skyscrapers, suburban residences, shoppers, peddlers, Great Depression shanty towns, weather and night views, and Manhattan street life. Also included is a disbound scrapbook created by Irving Browning containing career-related documents and ephemera. The collection is divided into two series: Photographs; and Documents.
Arrangement
Materials are organized into two series:
Missing Title
- Series I: Photographs
- Series II: Documents
Access Points
Subject Names
- Browning Studio.
- Browning, Irving, 1895-1961.
- Browning, Sam.
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
Document Type
- Ephemera.
- Membership cards.
- Correspondence.
- Identity cards.
- Night photographs.
- Photographic prints.
- Photomontages.
- Gelatin silver prints.
Subject Organizations
- Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Daily News Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Earl Carroll Theatre.
- Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
- RKO Roxy Theatre.
Subject Topics
- Streets -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
- Signs and signboards.
- Depressions -- 1929.
- Buildings -- Design and construction.
Subject Places
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Irving Browning in the name of Irving and the late Sam Browning, July 29, 1959.
Access Restrictions
Open to qualified researchers.
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to thirty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. See guidelines in Print Room for details.
Use Restrictions
Permission to reproduce any Print Room holdings through publication must be obtained
from:
Rights and Reproductions
The New-York Historical Society
Two West 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282
Fax: (212) 579-8794
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
This collection should be cited as Browning Photograph Collection, PR 9, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Container List
Series I: Photographs
Scope and Contents noteSeries I consists of 1,885 gelatin silver photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches or smaller, depicting a wide range of New York buildings, institutions, parks and squares, theaters, signs, and street scenes. Photographs are arranged alphabetically into the following subject-based subseries: Advertising; Aircraft and Aeronautics; Apartment Buildings; Banks and Financial Institutions; Browning, Irving; Chinatown; Churchs and Synagogues; Construction and Construction Workers; Depression, the Great; Eagles; Factories and Industry; Harbor and Waterfront Views; Hospitals; Hotels; Lower East Side; Monuments and Statues; Night Views; Occupations; Office Buildings; Parks and Squares; Photomontages; Police Stations; Portraits; Public Buildings and Institutions; Rain Views; Residences; Restaurants; Roofs and Roof Gardens; Ships, Boats and Ferries; Shoes; Shops and Shopping; Skylines and Cityscapes; Sports and Recreation; Streets and Avenues; Television and Radio; Theaters; Tourists; Transportation; Utilities; Winter Views; and Miscellaneous/Unidentified. This series contains architectural photographs taken for clients, such as construction progress photographs of art-deco theaters and skyscrapers, as well as more documentary photographs that portray with a touching grace the lives of New Yorkers during the Great Depression. Browning's photographs depict the city in an era that began with a prosperous postwar economy, struggled through the Depression, and ended in the second World War; they document both the glamorous and the destitute environments that existed simultaneously in the city during this era. Most photographs have been briefly labeled and bear one or more of several Irving Browning studio stamps; some photographs also have "Browning" and a negative number printed into the photograph. It is unclear which of the photographs may have been taken by Sam Browning or other photographers in Browning's employ; all credits refer to "Irving Browning" or the "Studio of Irving Browning." The majority of the photographs bear no dates. Approximate dates for buildings in this finding aid were researched during processing and are generally related to dates of building construction as established by the American Institute of Architects in the AIA Guide to New York City, 4th edition (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000). Photographs in this collection bear only very brief descriptions on the verso or no description at all; descriptions listed in this finding aid were generally assigned or expanded by N-YHS staff and are not titles assigned by the Browning Studio. The Advertising subseries primarily focuses on billboards and other large signs, many of which were taken around the Times Square area. Several of these advertising photographs also appear in Browning's photomontages. Aircraft and Aeronautics includes mostly unidentified photographs of early aviators, airplanes, airships (blimps), and members of high society posing with aircraft at small airfields in the greater New York area. Included are portraits of several society women posing near airplanes; several of these were taken were at private aviation clubs such as the Aviation Country Club in on Long Island. Identified individuals pictured in this series include Beckwith Havens, Howard Hughes, Joe McLaughlin, Evelyn Seversky, and Mrs. Felix William Zelcer. Apartment Buildings primarily contains views of newly constructed apartment buildings in a variety of neighborhoods in Manhattan and nearby suburban areas. The largest group of photographs depicts the interior and exterior of buildings in the Tudor City Apartments complex. Banks and Financial Institutions holds basic architectural views of Manhattan bank exteriors, including several prominent bronze clocks. The Irving Browning subseries includes views of Irving Browning's office interior as well as promotional posters for his photographic services, one of which features a portrait of Irving Browning. Chinatown views show the streets of the Chinatown area in Lower Manhattan, including businesses and institutions such as the Rescue Society, the Old Chinese Theatre and the Nan Yang Association. Churches and Synagogues contains views of a variety of well-known Manhattan religious structures. Popular churches depicted including Riverside Church, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the Church of the Transfiguration ("the Little Church Around the Corner") in Manhattan, as well as a large series of photographs of St. John's Lutheran Church in Englewood, New Jersey. Also included are a few synagogues: Ezrath Israel Synagogue and Inwood Hebrew Congregation, which was located not far from Irving Browning's longtime home in Upper Manhattan. Construction and Construction Workers includes views of workmen and construction sites. Most are entirely unidentified, but tend to focus on small details of construction or very specifically on the workers. Depression, the Great, includes a variety of photographs focusing on the troubling economic and social consequences of the Great Depression. Photographs depict the homeless, desperate men and women lined up to look at job boards or to enter employment agencies, shantytowns or "Hoovervilles" constructed by the homeless, and a jobless man in a business suit selling apples in the street. Eagles consists of a few photographs of unidentified eagle sculptures, artworks and illustrations. Factories and Industry consists of photographs of unidentified factory workers, machinery, and equipment. Most photographs are not specifically identified. A number of views of factory smokestacks are included in this subseries. Harbor and Waterfront Views depict the waters around Manhattan, often with the buildings of various shorelines or bridges on the horizon. Hospitals consists of a few views of Bellevue and Lenox Hill hospitals and a larger series of views of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Hotels includes views of many classic historic New York sites including the Hotel Pennsylvania, and the Plaza, Ritz-Carlton, and Waldorf-Astoria Hotels, among others. Some views of grand interiors are available in this subseries. Views of Cooks Falls Lodge in Roscoe, New York, and the Grand View Lodge in Greenwich, Connecticut are also included. Lower East Side photographs consist of quintessential neighborhood views frin this period. Included are crowds in the street markets, street views with a variety of clothing stores, children in the street, and tenement buildings with clothes hung on lines to dry. Monuments and Statues consists of photographs of the Civic Virtue, seen from the entrance to City Hall, (it was relocated to Queens Borough Hall in 1941); the Washington Irving monument in Bryant Park which was relocated to East 17th Street in 1935, and the Statue of Liberty, as well as a few unidentified statues. Night Views consists of a variety of photographs taken at night around the city, showing off such sites as the New York Public Library, the Empire State Building, the lighted signs of Times Square and elsewhere, and a variety of street and skyline views that capture the lights of urban nighttime. Occupations includes informal portraits of unidentified people engaging in their work. Many of the occupations represented are at the lower end of the economic scale, and are obviously people suffering from the affects of the Depression. Included are shoe shiners, newspaper vendors and carriers, a street cleaner and a variety of peddlers. Also included is one unidentified violinist. Office Buildings is the largest subseries, and includes much of Browning's commissioned work. Most photographs show off newly constructed buildings, and some include construction progress photographs, with the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, the Daily News Building, the Cities Services Building, the New York Life Insurance Building, and Salmon Tower particularly well represented. This subseries includes photographs of the work of a great variety of architects of the period including William Van Alen, Raymond Hood, Joseph Urban, and George B. Post & Sons, among others. Parks and Squares consists of a variety of views of a variety of public spaces, with Central Park, including Grand Army Plaza and Columbus Circle being represented by the most photographs. Bryant Park, situated adjacent to the New York Public Library is also well documented; included are views of the 1932 replica of Federal Hall under construction in the park. Photomontages contains the busy compilations Browning developed primarily for his print advertising clients. Most incorporate many images on a particular theme, such as shop windows, transportation, clocks, restaurants, grand buildings, or industry. Many images included in the photomontages can be found as individual prints elsewhere in the collection. Police Stations includes both interior and exterior views of suburban police stations in East Rockaway, Lindenhurst, and Valley Stream, New York. Included are views of jail cells, offices and police vehicles. Portraits includes a Time magazine cover bearing a portrait of New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman by Irving Browning, a group of portraits of renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead, and many unidentified portraits. Public Buildings and Institutions includes a variety of major recognizable Manhattan institutions and government buildings such as the Municipal Building, City Hall, the New York Public Library, and the American Museum of Natural History. Rain Views include a variety of locations seen during rain storms or clouds, especially St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Empire State Building through fog, and 42nd Street. Residences include interiors and exteriors of mostly unidentified residences, especially in the suburbs of New York City. Identified residences include the interior of Fanny Brices's home, the residence of movie mogul Marcus Loew in Glen Cove ("Pembroke"), and houses in the Arbor Close and Forest Close developments in Queens. Restaurants includes many lunch counters and inexpensive chain restaurants, such as Foltis Fischer and Wil-low Restaurant. A photograph of Blake's Doughnut Parlor in Bryant Park features hand-painted Depression-related signs in the window. Roofs and Roof Gardens includes views of rooftop patios and gardens as well as clothes hung to dry on apartment building roofs. A view of a man mowing the lawn on the roof of a Park Avenue penthouse, a series of photographs of an unidentified woman lounging with her dogs while being served drinks by a servant on the roof of a private residence, and photographs of residents enjoying the roof of the London Terrace (decorated to look like an ocean liner deck) allow a glimpse of the lifestyle of wealthier New Yorkers. Ships, Boats, and Ferries includes views of a variety of ferries, ferry terminals and ships in New York harbors and rivers. Well represented are Coney Island and Staten Island ferries, as well as the S.S. Leviathon. A few photographs depict a Chagres River ferry in Panama. Several photographs included in this subseries depict the Sailors' Snug Harbor home on Staten Island. Also included are a large number of mostly unidentified photographs depicting ships, boats, sailors, and shipping activity. Shoes is a small subseries focusing on shoes on display, the feet of those walking on the street, and one timely shot of a shoe that has just stepped in fresh, sticky chewing gum. Shops and Shopping includes views of a variety of mostly clothing and department stores as well as a number of photographs of fashionable window shoppers peering at displays and their own reflections in the windows. The Stroheim & Romann and Weber and Heilbroner stores are particularly well represented. Skylines and Cityscapes includes a variety of views of Manhattan from various vantage points, filed by Lower Manhattan skylines, Midtown Manhattan skylines, or skylines/rooftop views within Manhattan. Sports and Recreation consists of a people engaging in a variety of leisure time activities. Most activities depicted are past times of wealthy Manhattanites, such as polo, tennis, and golf. A large series of photographs focuses on a group of young, well-dressed, wealthy New Yorkers traveling on a cruise aboard the Queen of Bermuda. A few spectator scenes and swimming and diving or beach scenes depict participants across a broader economic spectrum. Streets and Avenues consists of views of New York Streets in a variety of neighborhoods, from the signs and theaters of Broadway to shops along Fifth Avenue to the streets of Harlem. Streets and Avenue views are arranged into the follow subdivisions: Named Streets and Avenues, Numbered Avenues, and Numbered Streets; thereunder they are arranged alphabetically or numerically accordingly. Television and Radio consists of photographs of microphones, equipment, studios and broadcasters from the early days of radio and television. Theaters includes a few grand Broadway theaters of the era, but focuses heavily on the great movie palaces of the late 1920s and the 1930s, such as the Earl Carroll and the RKO Roxy Theatre. A heavy focus on interiors, and especially art-deco design elements, is evident. Also included are some views of burlesque and less legitimate venues, such as the Salon des Arts. Several theaters in this subseries were heavily documented by Browning, probably working on commission; some construction progress views are included. Tourists consists of photographs of crowds looking through telescopes, gathered on the streets, and standing on viewing platforms. Transportation contains a variety of views of public transportation in the New York area, including buses, elevated railroads, railroad stations, street railroads, and subway station entrances. Especially notable are Browning's photographs of Grand Central Terminal and McKim, Mead & White's Pennsylvania Station. Utilities consists of photographs of power lines, power plants, electric transformers, ash shoots, and gas tanks. Included are Consolidated Edison facilities, but most of the photographs in this series do not bear specific descriptions. Winter Views depict a snow-covered Central Park framed by the towers of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South and West. They are mostly quiet, unpopulated landscapes; the few people in view are a man and child holding hands as they walk down a snowy path, a group of men gazing at the scenery from a horse-drawn carriage, and distant figures walking along a white-on-white horizon. Also included are a few night views that contrast the gleaming snow against a darkened sky. Miscellaneous and Unidentified Views includes a traffic light, unidentified gravestones, unidentified landscapes and buildings, a man exhaling smoke profiled in a doorway, and some unidentified architectural details. Two boxes at the end of the collection contain duplicate vintage prints of photographs from Series I which are being held in reserve.
Existence and Location of CopiesDigital copies are available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library. |
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Advertising
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | A&P Coffee billboard |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Anheuser Bsuch, Inc., Budweiser billboard and clock in Times Square (3) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Barbershop poles |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Chevrolet billboard |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Camel Cigarettes billboard |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Chevrolet billboards (2) |
1934, undated | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Horses [Kauffman Saddles and Boots and unidentified] |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Criterion Theatre movie billboard for Viva Villa |
[1934] | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Cocoanut Grove billboard [with mechanic fixing car] |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Schenley Mayflower Whiskey billboard and clock (2) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Squibb Dental Cream billboard, with part of Coca-Cola billboard |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Sunkist billboard, with Child's (restauraunt) billboard (2) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Wrigley's Spearmint Gum billboard |
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Aircraft and Aeronautics
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Aviation Country Club flags (Hicksville, NY) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Curtis-Wright Airport views (North Beach, NY) (9) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Havens, Beckwith aboard a seaplane |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Hughes, Howard with Seversky Amphibian |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | McLaughlin, Joe posing in plane |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Seversky, Evelyn |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Whitney, Mrs. Paul Le Brogue, on Waco Cabin Plane |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Zelcer, Mrs. Felix William, at the Aviation Country Club |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | Unidentified airship, airplane, seaplane, and airfield views (41) |
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Apartment Buildings
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | Baker Field Apartments, 520 West 218th St. |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | Brentanos Furnished Apartments, Broadway and 80th St. |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Century Apartments, 25 Central Park West (2) |
[after 1931] | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Cliffhaven Court |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Crystal Gardens, including aerial view (9) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | London Terrace, West 23rd St. and Ninth Ave. (2)
General noteSee also: Box 13, Folder 128 |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | 277 Park Avenue Apartments |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Pickwick Arms (Inwood) (7) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Scarswold Apartments (Scarsdale, NY) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | Tudor City Apartments, interiors and exteriors (15) |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | Unidentified, interiors and exteriors (13) |
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Banks and Financial Institutions
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | American Savings Bank, 115 West 42nd St., bronze clock |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Bank of Manhattan Trust Company, 295 Madison Ave., clocks (2) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Central Savings Bank, Union Square |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Continental Bank & Trust Company |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Guaranty Trust Company of New York |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Irving Trust Company, 1 Wall St. West 33rd St. (3) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Mutual Bank, West 33rd St. |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | New York Trust Company, 1 East 57th St. (3) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Trade Bank of New York, clock |
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Browning, Irving
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | Office interiors and promotional posters (13) |
[1930], undated | |
Chinatown
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | The Bowery, nos. 20-22 at Pell St. (2) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | 5-7 Doyers St., Rescue Society and Old Chinese Theatre (2) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | Doyers St. at Chatham Square |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | Pell St., no. 36 at Mott St. |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | Nan Yang Association |
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Churches and Synagogues
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Church of the Good Shepard (?) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Church of the Transfiguration [Little Church Around the Corner] |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Community Church of the Pelhams (Pelham, NY) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Ezrath Israel Synagogue |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | First Church of Christ Scientist (Maplewood, NJ) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Inwood Hebrew Congregation |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 13 | Riverside Church (6) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 14 | St. Bartholomew (3) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 15 | St. John's Lutheran Church, interior and exterior (Englewood, NJ) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 16 | St. Luke's Church (Forest Hills) (27) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 17 | St. Patrick's Cathedral (7) |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 18 | St. Paul's Chapel |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 18 | Temple Emmanuel |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 18 | Trinity Church and churchyard, some with Wall St. |
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Box: 2 | Folder : 19 | Unidentified, interiors and exteriors (14) |
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Construction and Construction Workers
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 20 | Construction and construction workers (40) |
[1920-1935] | |
Depression, the Great
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 21 | Great Depression views (14)
General noteSee also: Occupations |
[1929-1939] | |
Eagles
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 22 | Eagles [sculptures and illustrations] (4) |
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Factories and Industry
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 23-24 | Workers and equipment (44) |
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Box: 3 | Folder : 25 | Smokestacks (20) |
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Harbor and Waterfront Views
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 26 | Harbor and waterfront views (30) |
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Hospitals
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 27 | Bellevue Hospital |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 27 | Lenox Hill Hospital |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 27 | New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (11) |
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Hotels
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 28 | Arrowhead Inn, interiors and exteriors (Riverdale) (7) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 29 | Hotel Astor, Broadway at 44th St., interiors and exteriors (4) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 30 | Barbazon Hotel, 140 East 63rd St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 30 | Hotel Claridge, Broadway and 44th St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 30 | Cooks Falls Lodge (Roscoe, NY) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 30 | Grand View Lodge, interiors and exteriors (Greenwich, CT) (9) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Hotel Martinique, 53 West 33nd St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Hotel McAlpin, 50 West 34th St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Murray Hill Hotel, Park Ave. and 40th St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Hotel Navarre, Seventh Ave. and W. 38th St. (2) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Hotel Netherland, Fifth Ave. and 59th St. |
1924 | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Park Chambers Hotel, 68 West 58th St. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave. |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Ave. (3) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 32 | Ritz-Carlton Hotel, East 46th St. (2) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 32 | St. Moritz Hotel, 50 Central Park South, interiors |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 32 | Savoy Plaza Hotel, with Sherry-Netherland Hotel, Fifth Ave. at 59th St. (6) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 32 | Shelton Towers Hotel, 525 Lexington Ave. (2) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 33 | Hotel Sulgrave, 60 East 67th St., interiors and exteriors (16) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 34 | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Ave., interiors and exteriors (16) |
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Box: 4 | Folder : 35 | Unidentified, interiors (6) |
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Lower East Side
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | The Bowery |
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Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | Chrystie St. |
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Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | Clinton St., nos. 40-42 (2) |
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Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | Orchard St., from Rivington St. |
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Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | Suffolk St., with street stock exchange |
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Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | Miscellaneous, including tenement exteriors and clotheslines (10) |
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Monuments and Statues
General noteSee also: Parks and Squares for views including monuments |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 37 | Civic Virtue monument, view from entrance to City Hall
General note[relocated to Queens Borough Hall in 1941] |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 37 | Washington Irving, Bryant Park
General note[relocated to East 17th Street in 1935] |
[1920-1935] | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 37 | Statue of Liberty |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 37 | Unidentified (2) |
undated | |
Night Views
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 38 | Advertising, lighted signs [including Times Square area] (10) |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 39 | Christmas trees, lighted (3) |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 40 | Empire State building (6) |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 41 | New York Public Library (2) |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 42 | Skyline views (21) |
undated | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 43 | Street scenes (4) |
undated | |
Occupations
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 44 | Baker |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 44 | Butcher |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 45 | Florists (Ninth Ave. street flower market |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 46 | Newspaper vendors and carriers (7) |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 47 | Organ grinder |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 47 | Painter |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 48-49 | Peddlers (49) |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 50 | Porters (4) |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 50 | Sandwich board advertiser |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 51 | Shoe shiners (4) |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 52 | Street cleaner |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 52 | Valet |
undated | |
Box: 6 | Folder : 52 | Violinist |
undated | |
Office Buildings
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 53 | 137 East 57th St. (14) |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 54 | 1400 Broadway, clock |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 55 | 1450 Broadway, entrance and clock |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 56 | Chanin Building, 122 East 42nd St. |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 57 | Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Ave., including construction views (22) |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 58-59 | Cities Service Building, 70 Pine St., including construction (30) |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 60 | Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd St. (13) |
undated | |
Box: 7 | Folder : 61 | Downtown Athletic Club, 19 West St. (4) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 62 | Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave. -- Construction (17) |
[1929-1931] | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 63 | Empire State Building -- Exteriors (27) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 64 | Empire State Building -- Interiors (21) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 65 | Empire State Building -- Photomontages (4) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 66 | Empire State Buiding -- Views on and from Observation Deck (6) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 66 | Flatiron Building [Fuller Building], 175 Fifth Ave. (2)
General noteSee also: Box 10, Folder 93 |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 68 | Fuller Building, 41 East 57th St. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 69 | Goelet Building, 608 Fifth Ave. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 8 | Folder : 70 | Hearst Magazine Building, 951-959 Eighth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 71 | Linden Building, East 42nd St., interiors (8) |
undated | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 72 | Maritime Exchange Building, 80 Broad St. (4) |
[1930-1932] | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 73 | McGraw-Hill Building, 330 West 42nd St. (4) |
undated | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 74-75 | New York Life Insurance Building, 51 Madison Ave., some with Madison Square, interiors
and exteriors (43) |
[1929] | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 76 | New York Telephone Company, 140 West St. |
undated | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 77 | 2 Park Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 9 | Folder : 78-79 | Rockefeller Center buildings; most are construction scenes |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 80 | Salmon Tower, 500 Fifth Ave., including construction (14) |
[1930-1931] | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 81 | St. Paul Building |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 82 | Schwarzenbach-Huber Building, 468 Fourth Ave. (2) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 83 | Silver House (4) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 84 | Squibb Building, 745 Fifth Ave., interiors and exteriors (9) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 85 | Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601-625 West 26th St., includes construction |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 86 | 24 West St. |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 87 | Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway |
undated | |
Parks and Squares
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 88 | Battery Park (3) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 89 | Bowling Green (3) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 90 | Bryant Park, many including the New York Public Library and replica of Federal Hall
under construction (13) |
1932, undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 91 | Central Park, with Grand Army Plaza and Columbus Circle |
1925, undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 92 | Gramercy Park |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 93 | Madison Square Park, many include Flatiron Building (9) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 94 | Riverside Park |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 94 | Union Square (2) |
undated | |
Box: 10 | Folder : 95 | Washington Square Park and Washington Arch (6) |
undated | |
Photomontages
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 96 | Buildings (21) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 97 | Business and advertising (14) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 98 | Industry and equipment (15) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 99 | Sports and recreation (9) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 100 | Miscellaneous (25) |
undated | |
Police Stations
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 101 | East Rockaway Police Station, interiors and exteriors (9) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 102 | Lindenhurst (NY) Police Station, interiors and exteriors (6) |
undated | |
Box: 11 | Folder : 103 | Valley Stream (NY) Police Station, interiors and exteriors (7) |
undated | |
Portraits
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 104 | Lehman, Herbert H. (1878-1963), Time magazine cover portrait by Irving Browning, Vol.
XXIV, No. 27 |
1934 Dec. 31 | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 105 | Mead, Margaret (1901-1978) (6) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 106 | Unidentified |
undated | |
Public Buildings and Institutions
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 107 | American Museum of Natural History (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 108 | City Hall |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 109 | Columbia University, Low Library (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 110 | Federal Hall (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 111 | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 112 | Municipal Building |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 113 | New York Public Library, includes aerial view (10)
General noteSee also: Night Views |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 114 | New York State Supreme Court Building (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 115 | U.S. Post Office [roof only, seen from St. Paul's Chapel] |
undated | |
Rain Views
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | 42nd St. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | Broadway |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | Empire State Building in fog (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | Herald Square |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | St. Patrick's Cathedral (2) |
undated | |
Box: 12 | Folder : 116 | Unidentified street scenes (4) |
undated | |
Residences
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 117 | Arbor Close and Forest Close Developments, Forest Hills, Queens, interiors and exteriors
(9) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 118 | Brice, Fanny, residence, West 76th St., interiors (21) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 119 | Fieldston, Bronx, residences, unidentified (3) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 120 | Loew, Marcus residence, "Pembroke," Glen Cove, NY, interiors |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 121 | New Jersey residences, unidentified (Teaneck and Palisades) (4) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 122 | Pelham, NY, residences, unidentified, interior and exterior (4) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 123 | Roscoe, NY residence, unidentified (3) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 124 | Scarsdale, NY, residences, unidentified, interiors (3) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 125 | Unidentified exteriors (6) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 126 | Unidentified interiors (24) |
undated | |
Restaurants
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Astor Hotel Restaurant, interior |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Blake's Doughnut Parlor, Bryant Park [hand-painted Depression-related signs in window] |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Chatham Walk, East 48th St. (9) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Foltis Fischer, 200 East 42nd St., [with Elevated Railroad](3) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Madeira House, 94 Park Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Prospect House (Tudor City) Dining Room, interiors, East 42nd St. and First Ave. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, interiors (7) |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 127 | St. Regis Restaurant, 1570 Broadway |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : unknown container | Wil-low Restaurant (2) |
undated | |
Roofs and Roof Gardens
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 128 | London Terrace Roof (10)
General noteSee also: Box 1, Folder 6 |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 128 | Municipal Building [gathering in tent on roof] |
undated | |
Box: 13 | Folder : 128 | Miscellaneous (24) |
undated | |
Ships, Boats and Ferries
|
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Ferries |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Chagres River Ferry (Panama) (2) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Coney Island Ferries (12) |
1928, [1930] | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Dyckman Ferry |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Roscoe, New York Ferry Bell |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Staten Island Ferries (8) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 129 | Weehawken Ferries and Ferry Terminal |
[1929], undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 130 | Miscellaneous ferry views (7) |
undated | |
Named Ships and Boats |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 131 | Aquatania |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 131 | Benjamin F. Packard (3) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 131 | Buccaneer, with the Success in foreground |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 131 | Dalzellea (tug boat, with other identified tugs) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 131 | S.S. Habana |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 132 | S.S. Leviathon (19) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 133 | London Corporation, with oil kegs on pier |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 133 | New Rochelle (tug boat) |
undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 133 | Queen of Bermuda (2) |
1933 | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 133 | Pan America (7) |
[1928-1929] | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 134 | Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island (5) |
1929, undated | |
Box: 14 | Folder : 135 | Ships and shipping - miscellaneous (64) |
1928, undated | |
Shoes
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 136 | Shoes on display and stepping in gum (4)
General noteSee also: Occupations - Shoe Shiners |
undated | |
Shops and Shopping
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Bagoe, 86 Madison Ave. (drug store) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Bedolls, 34th St. and Sixth Ave. (2) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Bloomingdale's |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Broadstreet's |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 137 | Curtis Furniture |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Dennison's, 411 E. 32nd St. (2) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | De Pinna, 650 Fifth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | F.R. Tripler & Co., 366 Madison Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Featherly, Inc., Gowns, 19 East 61st St. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Franklin Simon & Co., 414 Fifth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Freess & Co. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Gimbel Brothers, 1275 Broadway |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 138 | Joseph Hilton and Sons, Greeley Square |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 139 | Kayser (4) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 139 | Lebolt & Co., Jewelers, 534 Fifth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 139 | Macy's [R.H. Macy & Co.], 34th St. and Broadway (3) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 140 | Mary Scott Rowland (2) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 140 | Richard Hudnut, 695 Fifth Ave. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 140 | S. H. Kress & Co. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 140 | Sisto's Pharmacy, Polymol advertising in window |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 141 | Stroheim & Romann, interiors and exteriors, 35 East 53rd Street and 515 Madison Ave.
stores (13) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 142 | Walgreen Co. |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 142 | Weber and Heilbroner, includes photomontages (18) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 143 | Winkelman Shoe, 21 West 42nd St. (5) |
undated | |
Box: 15 | Folder : 144 | Window shoppers, miscellaneous (32) |
undated | |
Skylines and Cityscapes
|
||||
Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 145 | Lower Manhattan skylines (22) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 146 | Midtown Manhattan skylines (13) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 147 | Skylines, cityscapes, and rooftop views within Manhattan (31) |
undated | |
Sports and Recreation
|
||||
Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 148 | Amusement Parks, Coney Island (9) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 149 | Baseball (3) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 150 | Fencing (2) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 151 | Fishing (3) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 152 | Football (4) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 153 | Golf (11) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 154 | Horseback riding (5) |
undated | |
Box: 16 | Folder : 155 | Model airplanes (4) |
undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 156 | Ocean travel, cruise aboard the Queen of Bermuda (26) |
[1932] | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 157 | Polo (13) |
1934, undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 158 | Shuffleboard (6) |
[1932], undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 159 | Skiing (2) |
undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 160 | Spectators (9) |
undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 161 | Swimming and diving [includes beach scenes] (21) |
undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 162 | Tennis (4) |
1932, undated | |
Box: 17 | Folder : 163 | Track and field (2) |
undated | |
Streets and Avenues
|
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Named Streets and Avenues |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 164 | Beaver and New Sts. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 164 | Broadway and Wall Sts., including New York Stock Exchange |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 165 | Broadway, from Bowling Green |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 165 | Broadway and Exchange Place |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 165 | Broadway and 31st St. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 166 | Broadway from 40th to 49th St. (13) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 167 | Broadway from 51st through 59th St. (2) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 167 | Broadway at 174th St. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 167 | Broadway, unidentified cross streets (5) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 168 | Central Park South (2) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 168 | Central Park West at 62nd St. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 168 | Chatham Square |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 169 | Forsyth St. near Grand St. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 169 | Lexington Ave. from 42nd through 45th St. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 170 | Madison Ave. at 28th St. |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 171 | Park Ave. from 20th through 59th St. (5) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 172 | Riverside Drive (2) |
1925, undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 173 | South St. (14) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 174 | Wall St. (4) |
[1926], undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 175 | Washington Mews (4) |
1924, undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 176 | Washington Square North (3) |
undated | |
Numbered Avenues |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 177 | Second Ave., with view of the Chrysler Building in distance |
[after 1929] | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 178 | Third Ave. at 43rd St., with view of elevated railroad |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 178 | Third Ave., brownstones |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 179 | Fourth Ave. |
1930 | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 180 | Fifth Ave., 34th to 36th Sts. (4) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 181 | Fifth Ave., 40th to 49th Sts., including aerial views (19) |
undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 182 | Fifth Ave., 57th to 60th Sts. (7) |
1924, undated | |
Box: 18 | Folder : 183 | Fifth Ave., unidentified |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 184 | Sixth Ave., 32nd through 46th Sts. and unidentified (9) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 185 | Eighth Ave. at 37th St. |
undated | |
Numbered Streets |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 186 | 14th St. at Union Square West (2) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 187 | 23rd through 26th Sts. (7) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 188 | 30th through 34th Sts. (12) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 189 | 40th St. (2) |
[1922] undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 190 | 42nd St. (13) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 191 | 43rd through 46th Sts. (4) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 192 | 47th through 49th Sts. (12) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 193 | 50th through 54th Sts. (17) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 194 | 57th through 58th Sts. (12) |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 195 | West 66th St., no 69 |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 195 | East 73rd St., no. 301 |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 195 | East 86th St. |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 195 | East 96th St. |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 195 | West 130th St., no. 101 |
undated | |
Box: 19 | Folder : 196 | Unidentified street scenes (34) |
undated | |
Television and Radio
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 197 | Microphones, NBC and unidentified |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 198 | Radio Broadcasting -- CBS Radio studio, equipment and operators (3) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 198 | Radio Broadcasting -- Crowd listening to election returns broadcast |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 198 | Radio Broadcasting -- Radio studio scene, male pianist and female singer (3) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 198 | Radio Broadcasting -- Radio photomontages (2) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 198 | Radio Broadcasting -- WHN Radio, female broadcaster with dog (2) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 199 | Television Broadcasting -- Control room and operator at CBS (2) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 199 | Television Broadcasting -- Phillips, Sandra, broadcasting at CBS (2) |
undated | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 199 | Television Broadcasting -- Television cameras |
undated | |
Theaters
|
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 200 | Ambassador Theatre, interiors (2) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 200 | Astor Theatre, marquee for Eskimo and New Moon |
1933 | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 200 | Avon Theatre, interior, detail of controls |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 201 | Beacon Theatre, interiors and exteriors |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 201 | Biltmore Theatre, interiors (2) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 201 | Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, interiors (5) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 202 | Carlton Theatre, interiors and exteriors (Brooklyn) (8) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 202 | Cameo Theatre, ticket booth and entrance |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 202 | Century Theatre and view of Central Park West at 61st St. |
[1925] | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 202 | Criterion Theatre, actor Neil Hamilton and others in entrance |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 203 | undated | ||
Box: 20 | Folder : 203-205 | Earl Carroll Theatre, interiors and exteriors - including during construction (46) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 206 | Embassy Theatre, interiors (Port Chester, NY) (4) |
undated | |
Box: 20 | Folder : 206 | Forrest Theatre, interiors (3) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 206 | George M. Cohan's Theatre, entrance |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 207 | Imperial Theatre, interiors (3) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 207 | Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, interiors (3) |
[1921-1930] | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 207 | Loew's Coney Island Theatre, interior |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 207 | Loew's Grand (The Bronx) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 207 | Loew's Inwood, interiors (9) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 208 | Madison Square Garden, interiors and exteriors (1892 and 1925 buildings) (7) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 208 | Mansfield Thatre, interior |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 209 | Oasis Theatre, interiors (4) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 209 | Palace Theatre, entrance (2) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 210 | Paramount Theatre, Broadway at 44th St., interiors and exterior (6) |
1926, undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 211-213 | RKO Roxy Theatre, interiors and exteriors (65) |
undated | |
Box: 21 | Folder : 214 | Republic Theatre (Burlesque), marquee (2) |
[1932] | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 215 | Salon des Arts |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 215 | Sam H. Harris Theatre, interior, signs for The Singing Fool |
[1929] | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 215 | Thalia Theatre, Broadway and 95th St., interiors and exterior (7) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 215 | Theatre Guild, interior |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 216 | Trans-Lux Theatre, Broadway and 49th-50th St. (3) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 216 | Valencia Theatre, interiors and exteriors (Jamaica, Queens) (6) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 217 | Theater sign switchboxes (4) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 218 | Unidentified theatre interiors (5) |
undated | |
Tourists
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 219 | Views of tourists (11) |
undated | |
Transportation
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 220 | Buses (4) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 221 | Elevated railroads (4) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 222 | Railroad stations -- Grand Central Terminal, interiors and exteriors (14) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 222 | Railroad Stations -- Morrisania Station (Bronx) (3) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 222 | Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania Station, interiors and exteriors (6) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 223 | Street railroads (streetcars) (4) |
undated | |
Box: 22 | Folder : 224 | Subway station entrances (4) |
1933 | |
Utilities
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 23 | Folder : 225 | Utilities (20) |
undated | |
Winter Views
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 23 | Folder : 226 | Central Park (23) |
undated | |
Box: 23 | Folder : 227 | Times Square, Broadway (6) |
1922, [1929-1930] | |
Box: 23 | Folder : 228 | Unidentified (8) |
undated | |
Miscellaneous and Unidentified
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 23 | Folder : 229 | Miscellaneous and Unidentified (14) |
undated | |
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Series II: Documents
Scope and Contents noteSeries II dates from consists of the contents of a scrapbook compiled by Irving Browning including ephemera and correspondence relating to Browning's career as a photographer and cinematographer. During processing, items were removed from acidic scrapbook pages, and the former page number was written on the verso of each item so that the original arrangement could be reconstructed if necessary. Materials are arranged alphabetically by format or genre, as described below. Advertisements includes posters for events in which Irving Browning was involved, including an exhibition of his photographs at the First Annual Motion Picture and Costume Ball of the Film and Photo League on April 27th, 1934 and speaking engagements at DeWitt Clinton High School and the Film and Photo League. Clippings includes items related to Irving Browning's exhibitions, a clipping of his published photograph of an elevated railroad, and a news photograph of Browning directing child actors in a film. Correspondence includes several letters from Browning's colleague Lars Moën, regarding experiments with color film, a few letters regarding membership in professional societies such as the American Television Society and the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, as well as correspondence from the Film and Photo League, the manager of The Film Daily, Carl Louis Gregory, and S. Barret McCormick of RKO Radio Pictures. Also included is a correspondence from RKO Radio concerning details of construction and equipment for the RKO Roxy Theatre. Identification Cards and Membership Cards are primarily from professional organizations and conferences in the 1940s and 1950s. These include several Universal Newsreel Field Cameraman identification cards (which include most of the few photographs of Irving Browning in this collection), union membership cards for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, a New York State drivers license from 1946, and other miscellaneous cards. Pamphlets includes a Code of Ethics for the Society of Photographic Illustrators and an pamphlet about the New Film Alliance. Ribbons includes several exhibitor's ribbons from the Third Annual Exhibit of Professional Photography held in Rochester, New York. Tickets and a pass for the 1940 New York World's Fair are also included in this series. Photocopies of the original scrapbook pages are also in this series. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 230 | Advertisements
General noteSee also: Box 25, Folder 240 |
1934, 1937, undated | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 231 | Clippings |
1928-1941 | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 232 | Correspondence |
1918-1944 | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 233 | Identification cards |
1942-1952, undated | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 235 | Membership cards |
1939-1947 | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 235 | Pamphlets |
undated | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 236 | Ribbons [emphemera], from the Third Annual Exhibition of Professional Photography
at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, Rochester, NY |
1936 | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 237 | Tickets and pass to the New York World's Fair 1940 |
1940 | |
Box: 24 | Folder : 238 | Photocopies of original scrapbook pages |
undated | |
Box: 25 | Folder : 239 | Scrapbook cover |
undated | |
Box: 25 | Folder : 240 | Advertisements, oversize |
undated | |
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From Series I: Photographs
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Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
Box: 26-27 | Curator's reserves -- duplicates |
undated | ||
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