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Title
New York City. Post office, Lower East Side
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1936
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009152-E
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress record for an alternate view of the same site within this negative series (see: 009153-E). Not in LC.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Manuscript Resettlement Administration number on verso. Photo Source stamp on recto.
Description
Street scene showing a crowd beneath a sign reading "World War veterans applications for the bonus filled out here."
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 22117
TMS Object Number: 009152-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 22792db0-c5da-012f-aca7-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1936: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York City. Post office, Lower East Side" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-95ef-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York City. Post office, Lower East Side" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-95ef-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). New York City. Post office, Lower East Side Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-95ef-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

Wikipedia Citation

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New York City. Post office, Lower East Side