Sperr, Percy Loomis, 1890-1964
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found: The tale of the city of New York, 2011:title page (Percy Loomis Sperr, street photography, 1923-1943)
found: Find A Grave, viewed February 27, 2019(Percy Loomis Sperr; born 1890; died 1964; burial Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio; known as the official photographer for the city of New York; beginning in 1924 through the early 1940's he took more than 30,000 photographs; headstone lists him as Percy L. 1890-1964)
found: Percy Loomis Sperr, photographer, website viewed February 27, 2019(Percy Loomis Sperr; early 20th century New York City photographer; born 1890, Columbus, OH; died 1964; Alma mater: Oberlin College; other name: P. L. Sperr)
found: Wikipedia, website viewed February 27, 2019(Percy Loomis Sperr; Percy Loomis Sperr (P.L. Sperr) (1890-1964) was an early 20th century New York City photographer; he is most widely known for his street photography of New York City that was done under contract for the New York Public Library from the early 1920s until the early 1940s; during those two decades, he took 30,000 to 45,000 photographs of the five boroughs of New York; his favorite subjects were his home borough of Staten Island and the many harbors of New York; he was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Staten Island, New York)
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2019-02-27: new
2019-02-28: revised
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