Browning Photograph Collection 1918-1952 (bulk 1920-1938)

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Browning Photograph Collection 1918-1952 (bulk 1920-1938)

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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.

7.0 Linear feet; (27 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330520

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