Broadway, New York. From the Western Union Telegraph Building Looking North – Vintage Photo Print
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Step back in time with Broadway, New York. From the Western Union Telegraph Building Looking North, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Broadway, New York. From the Western Union Telegraph Building Looking North
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Looking north from the upper floors of the Western Union Telegraph Building, this view runs up Broadway toward Union Square and the city beyond it. The telegraph company's tower at the lower end of Broadway was among the tallest structures downtown when it went up in the 1870s, so the vantage point itself tells you something about how the skyline was changing. Street-level traffic, horse-drawn vehicles and the dense rows of commercial blocks give a sense of Broadway as the city's busiest commercial spine. Views like this were valued for showing the city's growth from above, a perspective still uncommon in the era.
| Original scan | 9,202 × 7,397 px · prints to 31 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00621u |
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