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Description
The collection consists of 212 negatives (most film and some glass). Among the 20 negatives from around 1925 are views of Times Square at night and Walter Chrysler's home. Almost 80 negatives record the 1938 Eagle Pencil Company strike. Other assignments from the 1930s include the Housewrecker's Union strike, a women's tennis tournament, movie theater marquees, radio opera broadcasts sponsored by General Motors, and Jimmy Durante as Santa Claus. Each image has a brief caption. Edwin Levick (1868-1929) specialized in spot news and marine photography. His New York City studio, staffed with some eight assistants, supplied illustrations for the rotogravure sections of several leading newspapers. Most of images in this collection date from the decade after Levick's death, when the studio continued to cover local news topics.
PID
nyhs:levick
NYHS Identifier
Print Room - PR-034
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Date Created
1926 to 1943
Extent
212 photographs
