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Description: Views of gypsies living in New York City's Lower East Side; includes portraits, family and social life, and costume.
Names: Alland, Alexander (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1938 (Approximate)
Library locations: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection; Shelf locator: MFZ+ (Alland) 82-28
Topics: Romanies -- New York (State) -- New York; Poor persons -- New York (State) -- New York; Romanies -- Clothing & dress; Slums -- New York (State) -- New York; Ethnic groups -- United States; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.) -- History
Genres: Photographs; Photograph albums
Notes: Source note: Album is library-produced, title is created.; Content: 1 page of typescript and 2 pages of typed captions by the photographer (?); some captions repeated on photo mounts.; Content: Typescript introduction signed in pencil by the author.; Additional physical form: Master microform; *ZZ-24058.; Acquisition: Gift of the photographer, 1938.
Physical Description: Extent: 1 album (66 silver gelatin photoprints on 72 leaves) ; photoprints are approx. 254 x 205mm on leave 35 x 30cm + 16 smaller silver gelatin photoprints of various sizes mounted 8 to a page).
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11920347; TMS Object Number: MFZ+ (Alland) 82-28; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e75c7c0-53ee-0132-2ce7-58d385a7b928

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