After bus crash on Lexington Avenue
Object Name
Category
Photographs
Date
c. 1940
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Malcolmson Collection. Gift of Harry and Ann Malcolmson in partnership with a private donor, 2014
Object Number
2014/705
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre
Image: 21.5 × 17.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 23 × 18 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Mat: 40.7 × 35.6 cm (16 × 14 in.)
Sheet: 23 × 18 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Mat: 40.7 × 35.6 cm (16 × 14 in.)
Inscription
On recto, inscribed in marker, bottom margin: 2
On verso, inscribed in graphite tlc: 2 Colcut?/Bus crash/ok; left margin over stamp: News/ 2/ 4x5 1/16/ illegible/ 6687-6-3; inscribed in ink at bottom: Bus Crash/ 57st & Lexington Ave/ The South Bound Bus/ After Crash; inscribed in pencil brc: PF38521-111
On verso, inscribed in graphite tlc: 2 Colcut?/Bus crash/ok; left margin over stamp: News/ 2/ 4x5 1/16/ illegible/ 6687-6-3; inscribed in ink at bottom: Bus Crash/ 57st & Lexington Ave/ The South Bound Bus/ After Crash; inscribed in pencil brc: PF38521-111
Markings
On verso: date stamps in purple ink, trc:?0 APR 8/ pm 3 29; blc: ?40 APR 8/ pm 5 34; brc inverted: ?40 APR 8/ pm 5 35; date stamp in green ink tr: APR 9 1940; stamped in purple ink tr: This photo sold for use in one publication only. Credit line must read Arthur Fellig Photo, 5 Center Market Place, New York City; stamped in red ink tl: Apr. 8 1940, Delivery, World Wide Photo; stamped in red ink in center, faded and inverted: World Wide Photo credit line; adhered to bottom of verso: Newsprint headline of bus crash.