Details
Contributor Market Finance Co, former owner.
Title [Crowd on the Atlantic City boardwalk near the Steel Pier] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1925
Date [ca. 1925]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 20 x 25 cm (7.75 x 9.75 in.)
Description Group portrait of a crowd of hundreds of men and women promenaders crammed on the Atlantic City boardwalk during the early 1920s, probably on Easter. Most of the people, including a few African Americans, are attired in hats and their best clothing. The Steel Pier displaying the "General Motors Exhibit," "Chop Suey," Strands, La Victoire Restaurant, and the Virginia Photoplays line the street. Starting in the late 19th century, Atlantic City became a haven for the well-to-do to celebrate Easter and model their fashionable holiday wear and millinery.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from the photographic medium and the attire of the people.
Manuscript note on verso: Market Finance Co., 409 Market St.
Purchase 1982.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African Americans -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Boardwalks -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Crowds -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Motion picture theatres -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Piers & wharves -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Geographic subject Atlantic City (N.J.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1925.
Provenance Market Finance Co, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - cities [P.8932.16]
Accession number P.8932.16