Photo Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
B_1_014 |
Title |
[A&P Store, Rocky Hill] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A couple stands in front of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (later the A&P supermarket chain) store in Rocky Hill. They are identified on the verso as Peter and Anna Cortelyou. The Cortelyous owned the building and rented it to A&P. Their son Raymond ran the store until it closed. |
Place |
Rocky Hill, NJ |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Buildings Commercial buildings Grocery stores Signs People Couples Men & women Shops Shop windows Windows |
People |
Cortelyou, Anna Cortelyou, Peter, 1796-1879 Cortelyou, Raymond |
Search Terms |
Rocky Hill Princeton businesses |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: 6 ½ x 8 ½ #413 - R3139 A+P Store Mr/Mrs. Peter Cortelyou (Anna) Age - 60+ Store in Rocky Hill - Present address 146 Washington Rd., 2 door from Firehouse (West) Cortelyou owned bldg. + rented to A+P Son Raymond operated store until it closed Parents of Raymond - Exec. 1st Nat. Bk. (Mrs. Living) Grandparents of Dr. Tom Cortelyou Daughter-in-law = Mrs. Rayond [sic] Cortelyou Jefferson Rd., Princeton Granddaughter - Marine Allen, Montgomery St., Rocky Hill (See inventory Bk. for notes) *neg under E18 (Rocky Hill) Rutgers University Library may documents about this store/Peter Cortelyou. |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local photography studios Kopp and Silvester. E_18_045 may be another print of the same image. Note, however, that E_18_045 shows the upper left corner of the glass plate negative broken off, damage not visible in the B_1_014 print. |