New York skyline, 1911 – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of New York skyline, 1911. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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New York skyline, 1911
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Seen from the harbor, the panorama stretches across the southern tip of Manhattan, with the dense cluster of towers rising behind the waterfront. Shot in black and white, the view strips away color and makes the building masses, shadows, and the long line of the shoreline the main subject. Lower Manhattan from the water was a favorite vantage for early twentieth-century photographers, who used wide-format cameras and stitched or extended frames to capture the rapid vertical growth of the financial district. Such views record a city that was reaching upward faster than its streets could easily hold, and they remain useful for comparing how the skyline has changed.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,389 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | NY 1911 New York skyline |
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