Vintage 1930s-1950s Photo Album 300 Snapshots NJ Atlantic City Niagara Falls For Sale

VINTAGE 1930s-1950s PHOTO ALBUM 300 SNAPSHOTS NJ ATLANTIC CITY NIAGARA FALLS

A family photo album holding close to 300 original snapshots from the 1930s through the 1950s. One print has “1935” written on it, and a newspaper clipping in the album is dated 10/10/58. The family appears to have lived in northern New Jersey. The clipping is from East Paterson, which is now Elmwood Park. The album also includes an early postcard with handwritten Slovak names on the back, including the Janiček family.

• Quantity: Close to 300 photographs
• Era: 1930s to 1950s
• Format: Black and white snapshot prints, many with deckled edges
• Album: 20th Century Plastics ring binder with plastic sleeve pages

Subjects include:

• 1935 portrait of a woman holding a baby on a porch, with shingled houses behind
• Child standing on the running board of a 1930s sedan
• Portraits of an older woman in a hat and dark dress on a brick porch
• Family group with a boy in sailor overalls
• Woman standing beside a circa 1950 Chevrolet in a driveway
• Woman on the Atlantic City boardwalk in front of Central Pier
• Man on the beach with boardwalk amusement signs behind him, including a Fun House
• Young man crouching in front of military barracks with mountains behind, captioned “Sad”
• Large group of factory workers gathered around a man signing a document
• Niagara Falls overlook with a long row of 1930s and 1940s cars
• Postcard back with a numbered list of names in Slovak handwriting
• Newspaper clipping, “To Study Abroad,” dated 10/10/58

Condition: Most photos have paper stuck to the backs, left over from earlier scrapbook pages. Some prints have water staining, silvering, surface spots, and edge wear. The clipping has yellowed with age.

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