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TRANSMISSION 51 CONTENTS :

A selection of New York Photographs 1-5A new gallery just opened in Manhattan, 40 West 25th street 8

WEEKLY TRANSMISSION N°51 THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER 2015

COLLECTING OLD NEW YORK: A NEW GALLERY JUST OPENED IN MANHATTAN

A New place to buy an old New York photograph :Frantiques / Gallery 105 at 40 West 25th Street, NY, NY 10010

The e-bulletin presents a selection of books, albums, photographs and ancient documents as they have been handed down to the actual owners

by their creators and by amateurs from past generations.

The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, and printing datesof the books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collations

and through close analysis of comparable works.

The books and photographs consigned from all around the world are presented in chronological order. It is the privilege of ancient and authentic things to be presented in this fashion, mirroring the flow of ideas and creations. Prices in euros, Paypal is accepted.

N°51 : Collecting New York

Weekly Transmission 51 1 24 December 2015

(attr.) UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Delancey Street, New York, April 1909. Vintagecyanotype, 180x240 mm, agency print at verso. Even if it is confirmed Atget was still alive in1909, we cannot find any element confirming he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Still a veryEuropean View of Lower East Side, offered by Frantiques gallery for 500 euros


(attr.) UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Ghosts in Delancey Street, New York, April 1916.Vintage silver print, 200x245 mm, old caption in pencil at verso. 200 euros


JOSEPH SMITH. Scranton & Lehigh Coal Company, Brooklyn, New York, c. 1928. Vintagesilver print, 205x255 mm, white margins, agency print at verso. We can read on the van :“The Coal which satisfies”. The advertising campaign said : “Lehigh and Scranton coals haveno rivals as powerful heat producers and sustain combustion in a manner that insures thegreatest economy as household and manufacturing fuels.” Joseph Smith was not a Mormonbut a decent photo supply dealer and used lens specialist of Brooklyn, N. Y. 300 euros


UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. New York, c. 1928. Vintage silver print, 255x205 mm,agency stamp and Underwood-Stratton stamp at verso. 300 euros


IRVING BROWNING (1895-1961). New York at Night, c. 1929. Vintage silver print, 205x255mm, Browning studios stamp at verso. “Irving Browning (1895-1961), a self-taughtphotographer and cinematographer, was born in New York City. Browning opened acommercial photograph studio at 110 West 40th Street in 1922 or 1923; his younger brother,Sam, occasionally worked with him as a photographer. A former silent film actor and comedianof the 1910s, New Yorker Irving Browning photographed both exteriors and interiors ofskyscrapers, art deco theaters, hotels, apartment buildings, and suburban residences, anddocumented the lifestyles of New Yorkers during the 1920s and 1930s“ 300 euros


STANLEY PISA, CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Happy Chrismas 1939. Vintage silver print, 215x170mm, Todo agency stamp and printed caption, verso. 100 euros

Number Fift-One of the Weekly Transmission has been uploaded on Thursday, 24th December at 15:15 (Paris time).

Upcoming uploads and transmissions on Thursdays : Thursday 31st December, Thursday 7th January, 15:15 (Paris time).

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Phone (10 am-5 pm) : (+33) 6.50.85.60.74

Laurent Guez & Roman LevitesFrantiques / Gallery 105 at 40 West 25th Street, NY, NY 10010

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