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[Belmont Hotel, New York, N.Y.] – Historic Print

[Belmont Hotel, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Belmont Hotel, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Step back in time with [Belmont Hotel, New York, N.Y.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Belmont Hotel, New York, N.Y.]

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Few things in the record set this view apart from others of the era, but the 8 x 10 inch glass negative itself is worth noting: large-format plates like this one captured fine architectural detail and street-level context. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the negative, was one of the most prolific commercial photographers of American cities and landmarks in the early 1900s, selling views to postcard makers, publishers and travel promoters. Hotels such as the Belmont were landmarks of New York's growing commercial core, where visitors arrived by rail and traveled by carriage and streetcar. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6282 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071380. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan808 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72729

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