<I>Number One Broad Street</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1935
name: label: Created by
content: Allan Randall Freelon Sr., American, 1895 - 1960
label: Printed by
content: Allan Randall Freelon Sr., American, 1895 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: An aquatint etching depicting a night time street scene and view of the Philadelphia National Bank Building located on Broad Street in Philadelphia. In the foreground is a pavement that appears to shimmer with streaks of light across the dark surface. The edge of the pavement is lined with tall streetlamps, each with two hanging globes. Beneath the street lights are dark outlines of parked cars. Along the right margin of the scene are building fronts with flag or awning poles projecting at an angle above the doors. In the background is a tall building whose upper third is brightly illuminated. This building is flanked by dark silhouettes of other buildings against a dark grey sky. There is a narrow white margin surrounding the image. Handwritten inscriptions in graphite along the bottom read [50] in the left corner, [Number One Broad Street] in the center and [Allan Freelon / Imp.]. Beneath this line is a second inscription, by the same hand in graphite, reading [For George and Harriette with sincere regards 2/6/35].
place: label: Place printed
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.233.3
objectType: label: Type
content: aquatints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Allan Randall Freelon Sr.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (plate): 11 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (30.2 × 24.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 18 3/8 × 11 9/16 in. (46.7 × 29.4 cm)