from the “Food in New York” exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York
The History
Mott Street (Chinatown), George F. Arata, 1906Unemployed: Study of an Apple Woman Made from Life, Frederick Knecht Detwiller, 1931New York Milkman, Albert FrisciaScavengers, Albert Friscia, 1935The Butter and Milk Man, Nicolino Calyo, 1940-44
The Neighborhoods
Shoe Shine Boy (Mickey and another boy at a hotdog cart), Stanley Kubrick, 1947Corona Plaza, Audrey Rodriguez, 2021Pimp My Piragua, Miguel Luciano, 2008-2009
The Deli
Chrysler Meat Slicer, Steve Ellis, 2007Union Sq Espresso Machine, Steve Ellis, 2007J & T Deli, Italian Greek Deli, Ditmars Blvd., Astoria, Agnes Zellin, 1982
The Growers
Union Square Greenmarket, Edmund Vincent Gillon, 1976Foresight (Dedication painting for “Farming While Black),” Naima Pennima, 2018The Woman’s Land Army of New York, Herbert Andrew Paus,1917
Thanks for the outstanding array of images. The boys at the hot dog cart brought back a flood of childhood memories. The guy behind the stuffed deli counter _ outstanding. Those delis and candy stores seemed to have everything anyone could possibly want behind those counters. How did they do it!
Probably because they didn’t have vendors buying up all their shelf space. So there was no need to have, for example, a whole aisle devoted to 500 different variations of Crest toothpaste.
Hello. Relatives of mine once owned a bialy bakery on Grand Street. They supplied bialys and other baked items to countless walk-in customers and stores.
Great collection of images related to food in New York. They really capture a time and place. I particularly like Shoe Shine Boy and Corona Plaza. It’s great to see them beside each other.
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Every time I look back at photos they seem so old, then I wonder what will today look like, twenty years from now?
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Thanks for the outstanding array of images. The boys at the hot dog cart brought back a flood of childhood memories. The guy behind the stuffed deli counter _ outstanding. Those delis and candy stores seemed to have everything anyone could possibly want behind those counters. How did they do it!
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Probably because they didn’t have vendors buying up all their shelf space. So there was no need to have, for example, a whole aisle devoted to 500 different variations of Crest toothpaste.
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Hello. Relatives of mine once owned a bialy bakery on Grand Street. They supplied bialys and other baked items to countless walk-in customers and stores.
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I love this! Love the pictures and, in short, I love your blog. It looks amazing!
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Great collection of images related to food in New York. They really capture a time and place. I particularly like Shoe Shine Boy and Corona Plaza. It’s great to see them beside each other.
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What?! No Pizza?
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