Group Three John Albok Framed Photographs

John Albok (Hungarian/Am., 1894-1982) group of three photographs comprising three scenes of everyday life. Hungarian photographer who immigrated to the United States and documented street scenes in New York City during the Great Depression and later. Albok moved to the United States in 1921 where he began working as a tailor on the Upper East Side. Photographing the street life in his newfound home city was at first a hobby, but following a win at the New York Herald Tribune weekly photo contest in 1937, Albok turned his interest in the medium into a second career. Just one year later, the Museum of the City of New York held Albok’s first show, Faces of the City. Over the course of his life, Albok continued to photograph passersby near his shop at 96th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Frame size: 18 1/8" high, 15 1/8" wide. Images approximately 9 7/8" high, 8 1/8" wide. Frame wear, one with plexiglass scratch, wear to image edges.
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