Early New York City 77 c. 1948 - 1950

"Early New York City 77" is a contact sheet created by Robert Frank c. 1948-1950. The contact sheet features a series of black and white photographs that capture candid moments of life in New York City. This specific sheet shows a series of images of people sitting in a restaurant, with the final frame seemingly marked as "77" by Frank. Contact sheets were commonly used by photographers in the mid-20th century to organize and review their film negatives before making prints. Frank's "The Americans" project, a book of photographic essays that captured the spirit of American society, featured contact sheets like this one.