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Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State) – Vintage Wall Art

Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State), 1910 July. — historic photograph
Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State), 1910 July.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State) in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New York, New York (State)

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A young shoe shiner named Frank Villanello stands at 21 Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan, and the sign reading "Father's Stand" tells us his work was tied to a family business. Lewis Hine, who worked for the National Child Labor Committee, is the attributed photographer, and the picture dates to July 1910. Hine documented working children on city streets to build public support for child labor laws, and his street trades portraits remain among the most direct records of how boys earned money in early twentieth-century New York.

Created / published1910 July.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesTitle from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1628.
SubjectsBoys. Shoe shiners.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,104 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172016

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