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New York : powerHouse Books, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 96 pages, 80 richly printed, b/w duotone photo plates. Vivian Cherry began her career in the 1940s while working as a dancer in Broadway shows and nightclubs. Cherry supported herself partly as a 'darkroom technician' for Underwood & Underwood, a prominent photo service to news organizations. She began shooting the world around her during this time of change, combining informal portraiture with cityscapes of the Lower East Side, the Third Avenue El (and its ensuing demolition), the streets of Harlem, Hell's Kitchen, and the Meatpacking District. She joined the Photo League where she studied with Sid Grossman. - throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Her work from this period provides lively vignettes of New York City, of gritty street-scenes, of social consciousness, and of history. Cherry's work is in major national collections. and has been well published. Very good in a bright dust jacket. Record # 351289
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Helluva Town: New York City in the 1940s and 50s Hardcover - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Vivian Cherry (Photographer); Barbara Head Millstein ()
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- Title Helluva Town: New York City in the 1940s and 50s
- Author Vivian Cherry (Photographer); Barbara Head Millstein ()
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 95
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY
- Date 2007-11-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781576874042 / 1576874044
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 11.15 x 8.61 x 0.68 in (28.32 x 21.87 x 1.73 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - Social life and customs -, New York (N.Y.) - History - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007060117
- Dewey Decimal Code 770.974
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