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Peck's Slip

Collection: Queens Library New Deal Art Project Artwork
Date: 1937-1942; 1937 Material: ink on paper Dimension: 11 1/4 x 17 3/8 inches; 400
Creator: Charles E. Pont Identifier: aql:27596 wpa-ql-000199 wpa-ql-000199.tif

Description: View of a fish market at Pecks Slip and Front Street in lower Manhattan. Vendors, merchants, and horsedrawn cards stand in front of various fish stores.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: “Peck's Slip”; on bottom center: “Pont - Peck's Slip”; on bottom right: "14 x 19" "21"; signed on bottom right: "Charles E Pont"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Title : Peck's Slip

Collection : aql:26142; aql:29049

Creator : Charles E. Pont

Date : 1937-1942; 1937

Summary/Description : View of a fish market at Pecks Slip and Front Street in lower Manhattan. Vendors, merchants, and horsedrawn cards stand in front of various fish stores.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: “Peck's Slip”; on bottom center: “Pont - Peck's Slip”; on bottom right: "14 x 19" "21"; signed on bottom right: "Charles E Pont"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Subject : Markets

Rights : Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Woodcut

Format : ink on paper; 11 1/4 x 17 3/8 inches; 400

Identifier : aql:27596 wpa-ql-000199 wpa-ql-000199.tif

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Rights Notice
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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