Glass Negatives, 1920 - 1932
Scope and Contents
As Minthorne was city photographer, these negatives were taken for various departments of the city. Each negative or print is labelled with the city department and then the topic. Negative and prints each have a number with corresponds with date. Most envelopes contain multiple negatives.
Some of the negatives are from 1920, so may have been taken by someone besides Minthorne.
City departments and offices represented in the photos include Water, Sewer, Central Planning, the Airport, Port Newark, Streets, and Street Cleaning. The photos span a wide range of subjects.
Many of the photo subjects are pipes, tunnels, construction projects, vehicles, water meters, and street and sidewalk damage and repairs. However, perphaps of more interest to researchers, there are also Newark panoramas, photos of city workers and politicians, Port Newark, Newark Airport, parks, buildings, recreation facilities, and streets. There are also several photos taken for the Newark Defense Counsel including photos of the city blackout in 1941 to prepare for the Second World War.
This collection is a valuable record of city photographs during this time period.
Dates
- 1920 - 1932
Extent
From the Collection: 6.42 Linear Feet (3 Paige boxes, 1 Hollinger box, 6 glass negative boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
4. Studio building Trial of Goertz (broken)
5. South Orange Reservoir.
6. Belleville Reservoir Nov 20, 1920
7. Belleville Reservoir Nov 20, 1920
8. Bloomfield Tower, Nov 20, 1920
9. Pipe under bridge Morris Canal and Sussex Ave, Nov 20, 1920
10. Break in Millbrook Sewer (High & 8th), Nov 20, 1919 (1920)
11. Break in water main 6th St. near Orange Street looking North Nov 15, 1920
12. Break in water main, Orange St., looking East Nov 15, 1920
13. Pipe line over Morris Canal at Washington St., Nov 15, 1920
14-15. Meter in cellar, Weequahic Ave., Nov 20, 1920
16. Exterior of Clifton Ave. reservoir, Nov 23, 1920
17. View of entire Clifton Ave. reservoir, Nov 23, 1920
18. Meter testing at Clifton Ave. reservoir, Nov 23, 1920
19. Map of Bloomfield Ave., between 5th and 6th streets, Nov 30, 1920
Box 2
20. Meter in cellar at 57 Seymour Ave. Dec 2, 1920
21. Meter in cellar at 179 Thomas St. Dec 2, 1920
22. Low service resovoir Dec 4, 1920
23. Showing leak on Hawthorne Ave., Dec 6, 1920
24. Meter in cellar laundry on Halsey Street Dec 6, 1920
25-26 Clifton Avenue Resoivor and Pumping Station Dec 8 1920
27 Dump truck #42 Dec 23, 1920
28 Dump truck #42 with gates open Dec 15, 1920
29 Dump truck #42 ¾ view with rear gates open Dec 23, 1920
30 Snow Plow #1 Dec 15, 1920
31 Snow Plows Dec 15, 1920
32. George Sazenbacker Dec 15, 1920
33. Break in Millbrook Sewer at Factory Street Dec 17, 1920
34. 20 inch gate in trench at 17th st and south Orange Ave. Dec 18, 1920
35. Showing leak on Hawthorne Ave, Dec 20, 1920
Box 3
36. Electric lighting at 9 Maiden Lane Dec 23, 1920
37. Branford Place SW corner Washington St. Dec 23, 1920
38. Electric lamp at 350 South 8th Street, Dec 23, 1920
39. Electric light at 465 Springfield Ave., Dec 23, 1920
40. Light cluster Branford Place corner of Washington Street, Dec 23, 1920
41. Spotlight corner of Green and Broad, Dec 23, 1920
42. Electric light Broad St., corner of Green St., Dec 23, 1920
43. Cluster lights, Broad Street, opp. Bridge Street at the Public Library, Dec 23, 1920
44. Broad Street opp. Bridge (traffic post), Dec 23, 1920
45. Lamp in Washington Park, Dec 23, 1920
46. Safety isle in front of City Hall, Dec 23, 1920
47. Lights on Haynes Ave. Bridge, Dec 23, 1920
48. Gray St. Bridge across DLandW Railroad, Dec 24, 1920
49. Orange St. Northwest corner of 6th Street, Dec 24, 1920
50. 176 Roseville Ave. , West Side, Dec 24, 1920
Box 4
51. Corner of Broad and Washington Place Dec 24, 1920
52. South Canal Street under Penn R. R. Bridge Dec 24, 1920
53. Municipal Christmas tree Military Park, Dec 24, 1920
56. Mount Prospect Avenue Bridge over Second River Jan 4, 1921
57. Mount Prospect Avenue Bridge over Second River Jan 4, 1921
58. Mr. FH Broadwelll and child Jan 7, 1921
59. Frelinghuysen Ave. flooded Jan 14, 1921
60. Municipal repair shop looking NW, Jan 16, 1921
61. Municipal repair shop looking SW, Jan 16, 1921
62. Street cleaning Hudson Street stable looking NE, Jan 16, 1921
63. Street cleaning Hudson Street Stable looking South East Jan 16, 1921
64. Street cleaning Hudson Street Stable yard wagon without horses Jan 16, 1921
65 . Street cleaning Hudson Street Stable yard wagon without horses Jan 16, 1921
Box 5
66. Street cleaning Interior Hudson Street Stable stalls flash Jan 16, 1921
67. Storage and room and office Hudson Street, Jan 16, 1921
68. Street cleaning Hayes Street Stable looking North, showing yard Jan 16, 1921
69. Street cleaning Hayes Street Stable looking North East Jan 16, 1921
70. Hayes Street Stable, interior stalls Jan 16, 1921
71. Diagram Showing daily average consumption of water Jan 21, 1921
72. Dump cart #19 Jan 26, 1921
95. Clifton Avenue Pumping Station, no date
650. Water (July 6, 1925, contains 4)
657-659 New Jersey District Water supply, no date
660. Board of Assessment Revision Block maps city, no date.
2077. Water lead pipe at 420 Hawthorne Ave. March 11, 1932.
Rest of box: unlabeled
Box 6
Unlabelled glass negatives.
Repository Details
Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
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