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Raymond Germann Photograph Collection

Call Number

PR 311

Dates

ca. 1978-2016, inclusive
; 2005-2014, bulk

Creator

Extent

9 Linear feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Raymond Germann Photograph Collection consists of over 300 archival inkjet photographs of New York City street scenes taken between 1978-2016. Four are color prints, the remainder are black and white prints.

Scope and Contents note

The Raymond Germann Photograph Collection consists of 378 archival inkjet photographs of New York City, taken between 1978 and 2016. The images are street scenes, many featuring billboards, advertising, store fronts, murals, street fairs and street vendors. The photos are mainly of Manhattan, including Greenwich Village, Harlem, Washington Heights, the High Line, lower Manhattan and midtown. There are also a few images of Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, including 2 color prints of graffiti at the 5 Pointz Building in Long Island City. The images were numbered by the photographer; titles are based on photographer's identification.

Note: the prints are numbered; There is NO print # 177, and NO prints #340-360.

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 20 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

Permission to reproduce or quote text from this collection in a publication must be requested from and granted in writing by the Library Director, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194.

Preferred citation

This collection should be cited as: Raymond Germann Photograph Collection, PR 311, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Provenance

This collection was a gift from the photographer, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016.

Collection processed by

Marybeth Kavanagh

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:48:56 -0400.
Language: description is in English

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024