August 2013 Archives

Greenfield's Chocolate Sponge is the Most Delicious Chocolate Candy made. It is so dainty a delicacy that it can be eaten in any quantity and only creates a desire for more. For Sale Everywhere. You will know the genuine by the words: "Greenfield's Sponge" stamped on every piece. Imitations are inferior.

But New York was different. Arriving here in 1935, at age 21, I was quite overwhelmed by its grandeur and ceaseless energy. I felt this was the place where I wanted to stay. The tremendous difference in scale between the soaring buildings and people in the street astonished me, and it took a couple of years before I felt ready to photograph.

--RUDY BURCKHARDT