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New York Skyscrapers form Hudson River – Vintage Wall Art

New York Skyscrapers form Hudson River, c1911. — historic photograph
New York Skyscrapers form Hudson River, c1911.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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New York Skyscrapers form Hudson River comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here the towers of lower Manhattan crowd the edge of the Hudson, so that the skyline reads less as a city than as a wall of stone and steel. The photograph is dated around 1911, when the financial district was rising fast, with office towers such as the Singer and Metropolitan Life buildings already standing and the Woolworth Building going up nearby. The copyright line names Irving Underhill of New York, and the print's number, B-17622, points to a commercial view issued under his name. The date and other details come from an unverified caption card, so they are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, New York. No. B-17622. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156409

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