[Title page of King's Views, New York]: Skyward trend of thought in New York. Municipal Office Building and railroad terminal near the City Hall – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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A window into the past: [Title page of King's Views, New York]: Skyward trend of thought in New York. Municipal Office Building and railroad terminal near the City Hall, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Title page of King's Views, New York]: Skyward trend of thought in New York. Municipal Office Building and railroad terminal near the City Hall
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This title page for a set of city views pairs a drawing of the Municipal Office Building with a railroad terminal near City Hall, and its composition leans upward. The caption's phrase, "skyward trend of thought," reflects the early 1900s, when steel-frame towers were changing the lower Manhattan skyline and civic buildings were meant to express municipal ambition. Moses King, known for his guidebooks, copyrighted the original drawing, and the date of about 1905 places it when the city was planning its government center around City Hall. The record's details are unverified, so the buildings shown are best read as a period impression of that rising city.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Subjects | Halftone repro. of drawing, copyrighted by Moses King. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P Index; NY--NYC; NY--NYC--M- O- Bldg.--1905; NY--NYC--Views--1905; Geogr.; Railroad Stations; Publ. Ind.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,025 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141459 |
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