The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936–1951
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Image
Object Information
PRECURSORS
MEDIA ELEMENT
Workers Film and Photo League
Excerpts from Workers Newsreel Unemployment Special, 1931
Film
Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art Circulating Film and Video
Library
Running time: 1 min. 48 sec.
Paul Strand
(1890 –1976, born Manhattan, New York)
Truckman’s House, New York, 1920, printed later
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Melissa Harris
9 ½ x 7 ⅝ in.
Paul Strand
(1890 –1976, born Manhattan, New York)
Wall Street, 1915
Photogravure, from Camera Work
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
6 x 9 in.
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Lewis Wickes Hine
(1874 –1940, born Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Steamfitter, 1920, printed later
Gelatin silver print
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, Gift of Baroness Jeane
von Oppenheim
8 x 5 ¾ in.
Lewis Wickes Hine
(1874–1940, born Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Young Doffers in the Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 1910
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
4 ¾ x 6 ⅝ in.
Lewis Wickes Hine
(1874 –1940, born Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Danny Mercurio, Newsie, Washington, DC, 1912, printed later
Digital reproduction print from scanned glass negative
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film,
Rochester, New York. Gift of the Photo League: ex-collection Lewis
Wickes Hine
5 x 7 in.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Walter Rosenblum
(1919–2006, born Manhattan, New York)
Girl on a Swing, New York, 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of the Rosenblum Family
6 ⅜ x 8 in.
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Walter Rosenblum
(1919–2006, born Manhattan, New York)
Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, New York, 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of the Rosenblum Family
7 5/16 x 9 ⅜ in.
Sidney Kerner
(born 1920, Brooklyn, New York)
Pitt Street, New York, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
8 ⅜ x 12 in.
Lucy Ashjian
(1907–1993, born Indianapolis, Indiana)
Bowery Triplets, c. 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Christine Tate
9 ½ x 7 7/16 in.
Morris Engel
(1918–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Shopping, Ninth Avenue, New York, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13 ⅜ in. x 8 ⅛ in.
Eliot Elisofon
(1911–1973, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled (Iodent Toothpaste Ads), c. 1937
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin Fund
8 ⅞ x 6¾ in.
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Lucy Ashjian
(1907–1993, born Indianapolis, Indiana)
Untitled (Steps), c. 1939
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Christine Tate
3¾ x 4¾ in.
Berenice Abbott
(1898–1991, born Springfield, Ohio)
Zito’s Bakery, 259 Bleecker Street, 1937, from Changing New York, 1935–39
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin Fund
9½ x 7½ in.
Berenice Abbott
(1898–1991, born Springfield, Ohio)
Gunsmith, 6 Centre Market Place, 1937, from Changing New York, 1935–39
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 7½ in.
Lucy Ashjian
(1907–1993, born Indianapolis, Indiana)
Untitled (Relief Tickets Accepted), c. 1939
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Gift of Gregor
Ashjian Preston
9 ¼ x 7 ½ in.
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Alexander Alland
(1902–1989, born Sevastopol, Ukraine)
The Old Bridge, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Eilzabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 ⅝ x 7 ⅞ in.
Alexander Alland
(1902–1989, born Sevastopol, Ukraine)
Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge), 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: William and Jane Schloss Family
Foundation Fund
8 x 9 ⅞ in.
Consuelo Kanaga
(1894–1978, born Astoria, Oregon)
Untitled (Tenements, New York), c. 1937
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
7¾ x 6 ⅛ in.
Rebecca Lepkoff
(born 1916, Manhattan, New York)
Under the El, c. 1939
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
9 ½ x 7 ⅝ in.
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John Vachon
(1914–1975, born St. Paul, Minnesota)
Freight Car and Grain Elevators, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 x 9¼ in.
Arnold Newman
(1918–2006, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
7 ⅝ x 9 ⅝ in.
Dan Weiner
(1919–1959, born Manhattan, New York)
Brooklyn, New York, c. 1939
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Gift of David Kluger, by
exchange
9 ⅛ x 13 7/16 in.
Morris Engel
(1918–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Women on the Beach, Coney Island, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7½ x 9½ in.
Lisette Model
(1906–1983, born Vienna, Austria)
Lower East Side, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Howard Greenberg
19½ x 15¼ in. (49.5 x 38.7 cm)
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Robert Disraeli
(1905 –1988, born Cologne, Germany)
Untitled (German Street Band), 1934
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
7 ¾ x 9 ⅞ in.
Lee Sievan
(1907–1990, born Manhattan, New York)
Salvation Army Lassie in Front of a Woolworth Store, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
10½ x 10 ⅞ in.
Alexander Alland
(1902–1989, born Sevastopol, Ukraine)
Break the Grip of Exploitation, 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
9 9/16 x 7 ⅞ in.
Joe Schwartz
(born 1913, Brooklyn, New York)
Slums Must Go! May Day Parade, New York, c. 1936
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ⅛ x 13 ⅛ in.
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Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Henry Modgilin, Community Camp, Oklahoma, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Howard Greenberg Gallery
13 x 10 in.
Arthur Rothstein
(1915–1985, born Manhattan, New York)
Wife and Child of a Sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas, 1935
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 6¾ in.
Rosalie Gwathmey
(1908–2001, born Charlotte, North Carolina)
Untitled (Kids Playing in Rural South), c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
7 ⅜ x 9 ⅝ in.
Rolf Tietgens
(1911–1984, born Hamburg, Germany)
Untitled (Broome and Bowery), c. 1938
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 ⅜ x 7 ⅝ in.
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Jack Delano
(1914–1997, born Voroshilovka, Ukraine)
Interior of New FSA Client Edward Gont’s Home, Dameron, Maryland, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 7¼ in.
Eliot Elisofon
(1911–1973, born Manhattan, New York)
Child Bride, Age 15, Memphis, Tennessee,
c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10¼ x 13 in.
Eliot Elisofon
(1911–1973, born Manhattan, New York)
WPA Cleaned This Area . . . Keep It Clean,
c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ⅜ x 13¼ in.
Joe Schwartz
(born 1913, Brooklyn, New York)
Sullivan Midgets 1, Greenwich Village, c. 1939
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
16 x 20 in.
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION: EPHEMERA
Photo Notes, August 1938
Private collection
14 x 10 in.
Photo League syllabus and readings, summer 1938
Collection of Anne Wilkes Tucker
14 x 8 ½ in.
Daily Worker, October 27, 1941
“Behind the Candid Cameramen: How the Job Is Learned at the Photo
League,” by Milton Meltzer, photographs by Walter Rosenblum (top) and
Sid Grossman (bottom)
Facsimile of original in the Tamiment Library, New York University
Clipping: 16 ⅜ x 6 ⅛ in.
Fred Stein’s Photo League membership card, 1941
Estate of Fred Stein
Card: 2 ½ x 4 ½ in.
Changing New York, 1939
Photographs by Berenice Abbott, text by Elizabeth McCausland
Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery
Cover: 11 ½ in. H x 9 in. W x 9/10 in. D
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U.S. Camera Annual, 1939
Edward Steichen, “The F.S.A. Photographers,” photographs by Arthur
Rothstein, Ben Shahn, and Russell Lee
The Jewish Museum, New York
Spread: 12 x 18 ¼ in.
12 Million Black Voices, 1941
Text by Richard Wright, photo-direction by Edwin Rosskam, Farm Security
Administration, photographs by Dorothea Lange (left) and Jack Delano
(right)
The William Oxley Thompson Library, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
Spread: 10 ½ x 14 ⅛ x 2 ½ in.
THE WAR YEARS
Lisette Model
(1906–1983, born Vienna, Austria)
They Honor Their Sons, New York, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13 x 9 ⅞ in.
Walter Rosenblum
(1919–2006, born Manhattan, New York)
D-Day Rescue, Omaha Beach, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
21 x 17 in.
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Walter Rosenblum
(1919–2006, born Manhattan, New York)
German Prisoners of War, Normandy, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7¾ x 9 ⅝ in.
Paul Strand
(1890–1976, born Manhattan, New York)
Swastika (a.k.a. Hitlerism), 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
9½ x 7 ⅝ in.
Fred Stein
(1909–1967, born Dresden, Germany)
42nd Street Subway Exit, 1945
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
14 x 11 in.
David Robbins
(1912–1981, born United States)
Subway Station, c. 1944
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
11 ⅛ x 13 ¼ in.
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George Gilbert
(born 1922, Brooklyn, New York)
Untitled, from American Faces, 1942
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
20½ x 16½ in.
David Robbins
(1912–1981, born United States)
Antiwar Demonstration, c. 1941
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
20 x 16 in.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
Max Is Rushing in the Bagels to a Restaurant on Second Avenue for the Morning
Trade, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Joan B. and Richard L. Barovick
Family Foundation and Bunny and Jim Weinberg Gifts
14¾ x 18 ⅞ in.
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Sonia Handelman Meyer
(born 1920, Lakewood, New Jersey)
Hebrew Immigration Aid Society, c. 1946
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin in
memory of Max Alperin
7 ⅝ x 9¾ in.
Louis Stettner
(born 1922, Brooklyn, New York)
Coming to America, c. 1951
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
9¼ x 14 in.
Bernard Cole
(1911–1992, born London, England)
Shoemaker’s Lunch, 1944
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
9 ⅜ x 7 ⅜ in.
Ida Wyman
(born 1926, Malden, Massachusetts)
Spaghetti 25 Cents, New York, 1945
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
7¾ x 7¾ in.
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Lou Stoumen
(1917–1991, born Springtown, Pennsylvania)
Sailors, Times Square, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 ⅞ x 7 ⅞ in.
Lisette Model
(1906–1983, born Vienna, Austria)
Nick’s, c. 1942
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 13 ⅛ in.
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Black Christ Festival, Portobelo, Panama, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ⅛ x 11¾ in.
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Jumping Girl, Aguadulce, Panama, c. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13½ x 10¼ in.
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Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
Empire State Building, c. 1945
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation and Photography Acquisitions Committee Funds
14 ⅛ x 11¼ in.
Lou Stoumen
(1917–1991, born Springtown, Pennsylvania)
Sitting in Front of the Strand, Times Square, 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: B. Gerald Cantor, Lady
Kathleen Epstein, Louis E. and Rosalyn M. Shecter Gifts, by exchange
9½ x 7¾ in.
Morris Huberland
(1909 –2003, born Warsaw, Poland)
Union Square, New York, c. 1942
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin Fund
7½ x 9¾ in.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
Woman at the Met, 1943
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10 ⅞ x 14 in.
Lou Bernstein
(1911–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Dancers in Shadows, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 x 12 in.
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Louis Stettner
(born 1922, Brooklyn, New York)
Untitled (Young Man with Bicycle), c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
5 ⅝ x 5¼ in.
Arthur Leipzig
(born 1918, Brooklyn, New York)
Ideal Laundry, 1946
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
10 x 8 in.
Helen Levitt
(1913–2009, born Brooklyn, New York)
New York, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Lillian Gordon Bequest
11 x 14 in.
Arthur Rothstein
(1915–1985, born Manhattan, New York)
Refugees Looking at List of Survivors, Shanghai, China, 1946
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Arthur Rothstein Family
11 x 14 in.
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Godfrey Frankel
(1912 –1995, born Cleveland, Ohio)
Heart Mountain War Relocation Authority, Cody, Wyoming, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13 ¼ x 10 ⅝ in.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
New York Patrolman George Scharnikow Who Saved Little Baby, New York, 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10 x 8 in.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
Manuel Jiminez Lies Wounded in the Lap of Manuelda Hernandez, 1941
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ⅜ x 13¼ in.
Elizabeth Timberman
(1908–1988, born Columbus, Ohio)
Easter Sunday, 1944
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10½ x 10¼ in.
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Lisette Model
(1906–1983, born Vienna, Austria)
Albert-Alberta, Hubert’s Forty-second Street Flea Circus, New York, c. 1945
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
30¾ x 21 ⅛ in.
Sol Libsohn
(1914–2001, born Manhattan, New York)
Hester Street, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 x 10 ⅛ in.
Rosalie Gwathmey
(1908–2001, born Charlotte, North Carolina)
Untitled (Sunday Dress), c. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13¼ x 10 in.
Edwin Rosskam
(1903–1985, born Munich, Germany)
Stock Room Porter, Esso Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1944
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: William and Jane Schloss Family
Foundation Fund
13 ⅝ x 10½ in.
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Harold Feinstein
(born 1931, Coney Island, New York)
Rocky Beach, c. 1945
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Gay Block and Malka Drucker
Fund of the Houston Jewish Community Foundation
10 ⅜ x 10 in.
Lou Bernstein
(1911–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Father and Children, Coney Island, 1943
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
18 x 22 in.
THE WAR YEARS: EPHEMERA
Yank, August 20, 1944
Photograph by Morris Engel
Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive
Cover: approx. 14 x 11 in.
Life, April 9, 1945
Photograph by W. Eugene Smith
The Jewish Museum, New York
Cover: 14 x 10 ½ in.
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AIZ (Arbeiter-Illustriert-Zeitung/Worker’s Illustrated Newspaper), July 8, 1936
Photogravure by John Heartfield
International Center of Photography, Purchase, with funds provided by the
ICP Acquisitions Committee, 2005
Back page (newspaper): 15 ¼ x 10 ¾ in.
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(1899–1968, born Zloczów, Galicia, now Ukraine)
Lisette Model at Nick’s Jazz Joint, c. 1946
Gelatin silver print
International Center of Photography, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993
14 x 11 ⅛ in.
Installation view of Weegee’s “Murder Is My Business” exhibition at the
Photo League, 1941
International Center of Photography, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993
12 ¼ x 15 ⅜ in.
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Naked City, 1945
Photographs and text by Weegee
Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery
Cover: 9 ½ in. H x 7 in. W x 1 in. D
Photo League School brochure, fall 1944
Collection of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Spread: 8 ½ x 14 in.
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Photo League School brochure, spring 1942
Collection of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Cover: 8 ½ x 7 in.
Weegee speaking at a Photo League fundraiser at Café Society, December 7,
1947
Collection of George Gilbert
4 ¼ x 5 ½ in.
Popular Photography, February 1943
“Flash! Camera Club Carries Out Program,” by Jacob Deschin
The Jewish Museum, New York
Facsimile of a Photo Hunt advertisement from Photo Notes, June 1942
Approx. 15 x 12 in.
Morris Huberland, Elizabeth Timberman, and Ed Schwartz choose the best
negative at a Photo Hunt competition, 1947Photograph by George Gilbert
The Jewish Museum, New York
8 x 10 in
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Weegee, Berenice Abbott, and W. Eugene Smith judge a Photo Hunt
contest, at 2:00 AM, 1947
Collection of George Gilbert
8 x 10 in
Facsimile of a Crazy Camera Ball advertisement from Photo Notes, January
1941
Approx. 7 x 8 in.
Facsimile of a Crazy Camera Ball advertisement from Photo Notes, January
1942
Approx. 8 x 8 in.
Sid Grossman, Jacqueline Judge, Jacob Deschin, and Arnold Eagle at a
Photo Hunt party, 1947
The Jewish Museum, New York
10 x 8 in
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W. Eugene Smith, Weegee, and Elizabeth Timberman at a Photo Hunt
party, 1947
The Jewish Museum, New York
8 x 10 in
Crazy Camera Ball flyer, 1948
Collection of Anne Wilkes Tucker
14 x 8 ½ in.
HARLEM DOCUMENT
Max Yavno
(1911–1985, born Manhattan, New York)
Harlem, c. 1940,
from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10½ x 13 ⅜ in.
Aaron Siskind
(1903–1991, born Manhattan, New York)
Street Market, 1937, printed later, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Lillian Gordon Bequest
11 x 14 in.
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Lucy Ashjian
(1907–1993, born Indianapolis, Indiana)
Untitled (Group in Front of Ambulance), c. 1938, from Harlem Document, 1936–
40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 x 8¾ in.
Sol Prom (Solomon Fabricant)
(1906–1989, born Brooklyn, New York)
Untitled (Dancing School), 1938, from Harlem Document, 1936 –40
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
9 ⅞ x 7 ⅞ in.
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Harlem, New York, c. 1936, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
9 ⅜ x 7 ⅜ in.
Richard Lyon
(1914–1994, born Manhattan, New York)
Cabaret Dancer Going on the Stage, 1937, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9¼ x 6 ⅛ in.
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Aaron Siskind
(1903–1991, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled (Kitchen Scene), c. 1937, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 ⅜ x 5 in.
Jack Manning
(1920 –2001, born Manhattan, New York)
Violet Greene Cleaning House, c. 1939, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
8½ x 7¾ in.
Aaron Siskind
(1903–1991, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled, c. 1940, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
13 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ in.
Harold Corsini
(1919–2008, born Manhattan, New York)
Playing Football, c. 1939, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film,
Rochester, New York, Gift of Aaron Siskind
9¼ x 7 in.
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Aaron Siskind
(1903–1991, born Manhattan, New York)
The Wishing Tree, 1937, printed later, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Lillian Gordon Bequest
11 x 14 in.
Aaron Siskind
(1903–1991, born Manhattan, New York)
Crazy Quilt (Jones Barber Shop), 1938,
from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 ⅛ x 9¼ in.
Morris Engel
Harlem Merchant, New York, 1937
from Harlem Document, 1936-1940
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 ⅜ x 9½ in.
Jack Manning
(1920–2001, born Manhattan, New York)
Elks Parade, 1939, from Harlem Document, 1936–40
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.
HARLEM DOCUMENT: EPHEMERA
Look, May 21, 1940
“244,000 Native Sons,” by Michael Carter, photographs by Jack Manning,
Aaron Siskind, and others
The Jewish Museum, New York
Spread: 13 ⅝ x 21 in.
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RED SCARE
Jerome Liebling
(1924–2011, born Manhattan, New York)
Butterfly Boy, New York, 1949
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 9½ in.
Sandra Weiner
(born 1921, Drohiczyn, Poland)
East 26th Street, 1948, printed later
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
6¼ x 9 ⅜ in.
Rae Russel
(1925–2008, born Brooklyn, New York)
Young Boy and Fire Hydrant, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase, Derby Fund
12¾ x 10½ in.
Robert Disraeli
(1905 –1988, born Cologne, Germany)
Two Girls Looking in Cutlery Shop, New York, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
8 x 5½ in.
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Arthur Leipzig
(born 1918, Brooklyn, New York)
Doll Factory, 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
10 ⅝ x 10 ⅜ in.
Rebecca Lepkoff
(born 1916, Manhattan, New York)
Lower East Side, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10 ⅝ x 11 ⅞ in.
Tosh Matsumoto
(1920–2010, born Vacaville, California)
Untitled, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Howard Greenberg
7 ⅛ x 4 ⅝ in.
Ruth Orkin
(1921–1985, born Boston, Massachusetts)
Boy Jumping into Hudson River, 1948
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
13 ⅛ x 10½ in.
David Vestal
(born 1924, Menlo Park, California)
77 East 10th Street, New York, 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: B. Gerald Cantor, Lady
Kathleen Epstein, Louis E. and Rosalyn M. Shecter Gifts, by exchange
10½ x 6 ⅞ in.
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Ida Wyman
(born 1926, Malden, Massachusetts)
Sidewalk Clock, New York, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase, Derby Fund
9 ⅝ x 7½ in.
Marion Palfi
(1907–1978, born Berlin, Germany)
In the Shadow of the Capitol, 1948
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
17 x 14 in.
Arthur Leipzig
(born 1918, Brooklyn, New York)
Chalk Games, Prospect Place, Brooklyn, 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Rictavia Schiff Bequest
14 x 17¾ in.
Vivian Cherry
(born 1920, Manhattan, New York)
Game of Lynching, East Harlem, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase, Derby Fund
6¼ x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm)
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Vivian Cherry
(born 1920, Manhattan, New York)
Playing Lynched, East Harlem, 1947, printed later
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
11 x 14 in.
Sonia Handelman Meyer
(born 1920, Lakewood, New Jersey)
Boy in Mask, Harlem, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase, Derby Fund
10¼ x 13¼ in.
Marion Palfi
(1907–1978, born Berlin, Germany)
Wife of the Lynch Victim, from There Is No More Time, 1949
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
21 x 17 in.
Rosalie Gwathmey
(1908–2001, born Charlotte, North Carolina)
Shout Freedom, Charlotte, North Carolina, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 ⅞ x 6 3/4 in.
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Sonia Handelman Meyer
(born 1920, Lakewood, New Jersey)
Anti-Lynching Rally, Madison Square Park, 1946
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Gift of the
Artist
7 ⅜ x 9½ in.
N. Jay Jaffee
(1921–1999, born Brooklyn, New York)
Fight for Peace, May Day, New York, 1948
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10 x 8 in.
Jerome Liebling
(1924–2011, born Manhattan, New York)
May Day, New York, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7 ⅝ x 7 15/16 in.
Edward Schwartz
(1906–2005, born Brooklyn, New York)
Seeking Clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Ossining, New York, 1952
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Gift of Stephen
Daiter Gallery, Chicago
8 x 9½ in.
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Morris Engel
(1918–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Shoeshine Boy with Cop, 14th Street, New York, 1947
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
13 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.
Erika Stone
(born 1924, Frankfurt, Germany)
Lower Eastside Facade, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
10½ x 13¼ in.
THE RED SCARE: EPHEMERA
New York Times, December 5, 1947
Front page and page 18, announcing the blacklisting of the Photo League
The Jewish Museum, New York
Newspaper page: 22 3/4 x 16 ½ in. each
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Statement of the Executive Committee of the Photo League in response to
the Blacklist, December 1947
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Two sheets: 11 x 8 ½ in. each
<no image>
Letter from Sid Grossman's students attesting to the apolitical nature of his
classes, May 1949
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Sheet: 11 ⅛ x 8 ⅝ in.
George Gilbert
(born 1922, Manhattan, New York)
Jacob Deschin, photography critic for the New York Times, and Angela Calomiris at
the Photo League, 1946
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Gift of Stephen
Daiter Gallery, Chicago
8 ⅛ x 8 in.
10 ⅛ x 10 in. (matted)
<no image>
Photo League meeting minutes, July 14, 1949
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Sheet: 11 ⅛ x 8 ⅝ in.
Red Masquerade: Undercover for the F.B.I., 1950
By Angela Calomiris
Collection of Stephen Daiter
Cover: 8 ⅝ in. H x 6 in.W x 1 ¼ in. D
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A CENTER FOR AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
N. Jay Jaffee
(1921–1999, born Brooklyn, New York)
Chair with Sign, Livonia Avenue, Brooklyn, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Photo
League Collection, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M.
Ross, the Derby Fund, John S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the
Friends of the Photo League
9 ⅜ in. x 6 ⅞ in.
Jack Lessinger
(1911–1987, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled (Rooftop), c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
6 ⅜ x 7¾ in.
Phyllis Dearborn Massar
(1916–2011, born Seattle, Washington)
New York, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
5 ⅞ x 7 ⅛ in.
Rebecca Lepkoff
(American, born 1916)
Broken Window on South Street, New York, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
8 x 7½ in.
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W. Eugene Smith
(1918–1978, born Wichita, Kansas)
Untitled (Nurse Midwife), 1951
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
13 ⅜ x 9 ⅛ in.
Ida Wyman
Francesca's Earring, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York
Purchase: Photography Acquisitions Committee Fund
10 x 8 1/16 in.
Ann Cooper
(born 1912, Manhattan, New York)
Girl Along a Parade Sideline, New York, 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
13¾ x 9¼ in.
Dan Weiner
(1919 –1959, born Manhattan, New York)
East End Avenue, 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
7 ⅛ x 4 ⅝ in.
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Bill Witt
(born 1921, Newark, New Jersey)
The Eye, Lower East Side, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7½ x 8¼ in.
George S. Zimbel
(born 1929, Woburn, Massachusetts)
Dead Man under Third Avenue El, 1951
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
8¼ x 13 in.
Arnold Eagle
(1909–1992, born Budapest, Hungary)
Car Passing Car, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9½ x 12½ in.
Marvin E. Newman
(born 1927, Manhattan, New York)
Halloween, South Side, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Gift of Steven
Nordman, New York, 2004.031.004
7 ⅝ x 9 ½ in. (19.4 x 24.1 cm)
17 5/16 x 21 5/16 in. (framed)
Dan Weiner
(1919–1959, born Manhattan, New York)
Autorama Top Hats, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection,
Museum Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby
Fund, John S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the
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Photo League
9 x 13 ⅝ in.
Louis Stettner
(born 1922, Brooklyn, New York)
Men Looking at Concentric Circles, New York, c. 1951
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
16 x 20 in.
Dan Weiner
(1919–1959, born Manhattan, New York)
Women at Perfume Counter, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 x 13 ⅛ in.
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Coney Island, c. 1947
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
9 ⅝ x 7 ⅞ in.
MEDIA ELEMENT
Excerpts from Little Fugitive, 1953
Written and directed by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin
Running time: 2 min. 40 sec.
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Morris Engel
(1918–2005, born Manhattan, New York)
Water Fountain, Coney Island, 1938
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
18 5/16 x 15 5/16 in. (framed)
Max Yavno
(1911–1985, born Manhattan, New York)
Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California, 1949
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
7½ x 9½ in.
Sy Kattelson
(born 1923, Manhattan, New York)
Republican Convention, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, The Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
103⁄4 × 131⁄2 in.
Dan Weiner
(1919–1959, born Manhattan, New York)
At the Ceremonies for the Laying of the United Nations Building’s Cornerstone, 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions
Committee Fund
10 ⅝ x 13¼ in.
Nancy Bulkeley
(born United States)
Madison Avenue, c. 1946
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
8 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ in.
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Sy Kattelson
(born 1923, Manhattan, New York)
Untitled (Subway Car), 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: The Paul Strand Trust for the
benefit of Virginia Stevens Gift
10 ⅝ x 10 ⅝ in.
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Mulberry Street, 1948
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Lillian Gordon Bequest
13¼ x 10 ⅝ in.
Leon Levinstein
(1910–1988, born Buckhannon, West Virginia)
Brooding Man, undated
Gelatin silver print
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Photo League Collection, Museum
Purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth M. Ross, the Derby Fund, John
S. and Catherine Chapin Kobacker, and the Friends of the Photo League
22 x 18 in.
Leon Levinstein
(1910–1988, born Buckhannon, West Virginia)
Untitled (Hands in Pockets), undated
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
10¼ x 10¼ in.
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Sam Mahl
(1913–1992, born Manhattan, New York)
Untitled, 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Esther Leah Ritz Bequest
6 ⅝ x 9 ½ in.
Ruth Orkin
(1921–1985, born Boston, Massachusetts)
Times Square, from Astor Hotel, 1950
Gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation Fund
7½ x 9½ in.
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: EPHEMERA
Photo Notes, June 1948
Photograph by Édouard Boubat
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Cover: 14 x 8 ¾ in.
<no image>
Photo Notes, June 1948
back cover
14 x 8 ⅝ in.
Photo Notes, Fall 1948
Photograph by Eugène Atget
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Cover: 8 ½ x 7 in.
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Photo Notes, Spring 1949
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Cover: 9 ¾ x 7 in.
Photo Notes, Spring 1950
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Cover: 8 ¾ x 5 ½ in.
This Is the Photo League, exhibition catalogue, 1948
Collection of Hyman Kaufman
Cover: 9 x 7 ⅛ in.
Photo League promotional booklet, c. 1948
Private collection
Cover: 5 ½ in. H x 8 ⅝ in.
“This Is the Photo League” exhibition installation view, 1948
Photograph by John Ebstel, printed later by Marvin E. Newman
13 x 19 in.
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Walter Rosenblum (on ladder) and Ed Schwartz remodel the League’s
quarters in the Hotel Albert, c. 1948
Collection of George Gilbert
7 x 5 in.
In the basement of the Hotel Albert during construction of the new League
headquarters, Walter Rosenblum (left) and Ed Schwartz (laying brick), 1948
Collection of George Gilbert
7 ½ x 7 in.
Life, December 3, 1951
Excerpts from “Nurse Midwife Maude Callen Eases Pain of Birth, Life, and
Death,” photographs by W. Eugene Smith
The Jewish Museum, New York
Spread: 14 x 21 in. each
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CODA
Sid Grossman
(1913–1955, born Manhattan, New York)
Seagulls, 1949
Gelatin silver print
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Gift of Miriam Grossman Cohen
36 ¼ x 53 ¼ in.
Note: this image is a similar
photograph, not the actual work
CODA: EPHEMERA
Sid Grossman teaching in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1954
Photograph by Morris Huberland
Private collection
8 x 10 in.
Journey to the Cape, 1959
Photographs by Sid Grossman, text by Millard Lampell
The Jewish Museum, New York
Cover: 10 in. H x 7 ¾ in. W x 2/5 in. D
MEDIA ELEMENT
<no image>
Excerpts from Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League’s New York, 2011
Running time: 7 min. 42 sec.
Documentary film produced and directed by Daniel Allentuck and Nina
Rosenblum, contributing producer Mary Engel
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