Elm Coal & Oil Corporation Coal Yard, New York , 1938

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on April 4, 1938. Image of Elm Coal & Oil Corporation coal yard in New York. Visible in image: 9 silos grouped together with “ELM / ELM COAL & OIL CORP.” sign on roof with chutes for: “2 / NUT”, “6/ NUT”, and “1 / STOVE” coal, “ANGELO NINIVAGGI / 4798 WHITE PLAINS AV. / BRONX, N.Y. / TEL. FAIRBANKS 0972 / ICE / AND COAL SUPPLY” truck being loaded from stove coal chute as man packs a bag with coal. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “53413 4/4/38 / 2485-5 / Buchanan & Co-1501 Broadway, City / Mr. Chase / scene in coal yard”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection