[205 Canal Street, Manhattan, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]
It’s here for the zoom. It’s the second tax photograph with a zoom that I’ve spotted. Zoom! There’s a third zoom one photograph over. These buildings, minus the zoom, still stand.
R. Romano & Son — groceries (that old-fashioned word!), choice wines — appears to have previously done business at 133 Mulberry Street. If you look closely at that address’s tax photograph, you’ll see a sign: STORE / BASEMENT / TO LET.
[From the 1940 Manhattan directory.]
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Is that "table sundries" ?
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes, it is! I puzzled over that word and never thought of “sundries,” though it just popped up in the comments on “Groceries.” Next to it: “Importers of Food Products,” and something, something, “Wines.”
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Aha! My guess is that it means little treats — olives, maybe capers — I’m just guessing.
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