numbered '161' in the negative, the photographer's Federal Art Project 'Changing New York' and caption stamps, with title, date, and annotations in colored pencil, on the reverse, 1936 (Yochelson, Lower West Side, pl. 3)

This photograph, on lightly textured, double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Silvering is visible in the left black margin edge. In raking light, several deposits of original retouching are visible in the upper-central portion of the image. The margin corners are rubbed, with resultant tiny losses of emulsion. There is a small loss of emulsion along the left margin edge. There are small clamp impressions in the margins. The reverse of the print is appropriately age-darkened at its periphery. On the reverse of the print, the 'Changing New York' stamp is annotated in colored pencil with the following information: Place: '88 Washington Street, Manhattan' Neg. # '161' Code: 'III.A.3' Date: 'August 18, 1936'
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