Vintage 1931 Photo Negative : Pauline Gantert by Percy Loomis Sperr

            Found vintage photo negative (scanned & inverted) of a young lady identified as "Pauline Gantert" in the "Summer 1931".  

Photo was taken by PERCY LOOMIS SPEER known as "THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK". HIS ORIGINAL INK WRITTEN NOTATIONS ARE ON THE NEGATIVE AS SHOWN. 

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 

Found 2 possible matches for Pauline. First is most likely:
Pauline Gantert born on March 20, 1909, in Shiner, Texas to Leo and Isabelle Gantert. Pauline married Franklin W. West on July 21, 1947, in New York City, New York. She died on August 4, 1994, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 85. The 1930 Census lists this Pauline as living on Morris Avenue in the Bronx, NY.

The other possible candidate who has a yearbook photo that looks very much like this Pauline in above photo:
Pauline Ida Gantert born on April 17, 1910, in Reading, Pennsylvania to Charles and Elda Gantert. Pauline married Raymond Adam Baun circa 1931. She then married James Francis Donahue in September 1962 in Bay, Florida. She died in 2000 in Pennsylvania at the age of 90, and was buried in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. She doesn't appear to have ever lived in NYC.

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This is a scanned image from a batch of wire photos, publicity photos, film negatives, vintage snapshots, cabinet cards, CDVs and real photo postcards purchased at auction. You are welcome to pin, re-post, embed and share this image, but please do not reproduce for your personal gain or profit without my permission.

I did some small, cosmetic clean-up retouches in photoshop.

Any comments or observations are much appreciated!

Taken on: January 1, 1931

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