Welcome sign at 59th & 5th Ave. [New York City] – Historic Print
![Welcome sign at 59th & 5th Ave. [New York City], 1927 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0ce2538b0080-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Welcome sign at 59th & 5th Ave. [New York City] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Welcome sign at 59th & 5th Ave. [New York City]
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A welcome sign strung across the street at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, tied in the record to Charles Lindbergh, makes this picture stand apart from the city views around it. Lindbergh had completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, and New York gave him a large welcome that June, with crowds lining the avenues. Double-decker buses, a familiar sight on Fifth Avenue at the time, share the frame and show how the street looked during the celebration. The photograph comes from the files of the New York World-Telegram and the Sun, a major city newspaper of the period.
| Created / published | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus),--1902-1974--Associated objects. Banners--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. Double-decker buses--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,295 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204783 |
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