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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Street Vendors
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Held by the artist.

Street Vendors

Artist/Maker (United States(b. Poland), 1902-1987)
Date1937
Mediumetching
DimensionsSight: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (12.4 x 16.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (21.3 x 24.4 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. David Klein
Terms
    Object number61.181.000
    DescriptionAs a Jewish-Polish immigrant to New York's Lower East Side, Borne would have known first-hand the importance of street vendors to Manhattan's economy. Thanks to vendors, goods changed hands for money and produce did not rot in fields or homes. Most importantly, vending was a way for people to make a living. In the era before large grocery and department stores, street vendors sold food products, house wares, and even household services, like knife sharpening. Early in the century, Jewish vendors were Manhattan's chief providers of dry goods, sold from pushcarts. Their Sunday dry goods market drew huge crowds from other neighborhoods, as shops elsewhere in the city were usually closed.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Adelphoi Zangaki
    ca. 1860-1889 (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Berenice Abbott
    1937 (printed 1979)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Berenice Abbott
    1936 (printed 1979)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Berenice Abbott
    1936 (printed 1979)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mortimer Borne
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mortimer Borne
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mortimer Borne
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    mid 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550