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Percy Loomis Sperr (1889–1964) was born in Columbus, Ohio and moved to New York in 1924.

He sold photos and managed a used bookstore. He is known for his street photography of New York City. He roamed the city taking about 40,000 photographs. The New York Public Library has almost 18,000 of his pictures.

Percy’s brother and sister were killed in their youth by meningitis, and the disease left Percy himself unable to walk. He had to use crutches to get around.

-- Todd Berkun

Photo from the 1913 Oberlin College yearbook
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Source PL Sperr, New York City Photographer
Author Jim Griffin
Camera location40° 45′ 11.48″ N, 73° 58′ 55.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by JFGryphon at https://flickr.com/photos/30484128@N03/50165590728. It was reviewed on 30 December 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.
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40°45'11.484"N, 73°58'55.888"W

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