The Bowery, New York City – Antique Wall Art
(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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The Bowery, New York City comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Bowery, New York City
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Overhead tracks of the elevated railroad run down the middle of the Bowery in this view, with storefronts, signs, and street traffic filling the block below. The Manhattan elevated lines were built in the 1870s and ran over the street for decades, shaping the look and noise of lower Manhattan. The image is a photochrom, a color process developed in Switzerland that the Detroit Photographic Company used to make its views of American cities. This print comes from a Detroit Publishing Company album that the firm kept as a sales catalog, so it was meant to show buyers what the company could offer.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53621. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Streets. Elevated railroads. Commercial facilities. City & town life.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,194 × 2,288 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222910 |
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