Street venders sell produce from carts sitting along a street in Chinatown, New York, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Street venders sell produce from carts sitting along a street in Chinatown, New York, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of street vendors selling produce along a street in Chinatown, New York. A sidewalk stretches across the foreground, entering frame from the lower left corner and stretching upwards to the right. Along the curb, 2 carts laden with produce sit at left and center. The leftmost cart is in partial view and contains fruit. Its proprietor sits in front and to the right of it. He sits on a chunk of wooden beam and reads the newspaper. Behind him, the cart at center contains a variety of nuts. Its signage reads, "HOT PEANUTS.. 10¢/bag SALTED PEANUTS 10¢/bag SUGAR PEANUTS 10¢/bag CASHEW NUTS . 10¢ bag PISTACHIO NUTS 10 ¢ bag INDIAN NUTS.. 10¢ bag." Its proprietor stands in front of the cart, at center, and faces towards the left. A chair sits off to the right side of the cart. Behind the carts, street traffic travels down the street and to the left. On the far side of the street, buildings stand adjacent to one another, extending beyond the top frame as they occupy the background. From left to right, signage on the buildings reads, "[...]ARE PHARMACY Coca-Cola," "3 LEATHER C.HOROWITZ WHOLESALE & RETAIL FINDINGS 5," "CHAS HOROWITZ & SONS LEATHER," "C.HOROWITZ & SONS LEATHER," and "CHINESE TEMPLE." Some signage on the buildings at right are written with Chinese characters.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2361. Eastern trip October 1947 New York City 1 View from Empire State Bldg looking down on Penna R R station and Postoffice [sic] and Hudson river 2 Mertie West in front of Stock Exchange Sub Treasury bldg in background 3 Scene on Wall Street 4 Mertie West in front of stock exchan [sic] 5 View from tower of Empire State bldg 6, 7, 8 & 9 Four view s [sic] of Mertie West on balcony Empire State Bldg 10 and 11 One large and one small picture taken in Chinatown

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

New York (State)--New York

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Produce stands--New York (State)--New York
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)
City & town life--New York (State)--New York
Street vendors--New York (State)--New York