City street with billboard for Vacuum Cup Tires, probably New Haven
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/8 x 5 7/8in. (8 x 15cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionSeveral automobiles are on a street that goes downhill. Mean and women, most wearing hats, walk on the sidewalk. Utility poles and wires line the street. Commercial buildings and factories are in the background. Billboards and a tall wooden fence are at the right. Signs read: "Mendel & Harris / succeeding / Mendel & Freedman / exclusive distributors for / [illegible] perfume / and Lionel / compact" and "Seilow's / Distributors for / Pennsylvania / Vacuum Cup Tires."
Object number1994.162.335
NotesSubject Note: This photograph was taken for the United Advertising Corporation of New Haven to document the placement of their billboards.On View
Not on view
