Hotel Commodore, Pershing Square, 42nd St. and Lexington Ave., New York City. – Historic Reproduction
(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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This historic photograph of Hotel Commodore, Pershing Square, 42nd St. and Lexington Ave., New York City. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hotel Commodore, Pershing Square, 42nd St. and Lexington Ave., New York City.
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The Hotel Commodore stood at the corner of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, on Pershing Square beside Grand Central Terminal, which made it one of the most convenient addresses in the city for travelers. Irving Underhill, a New York photographer who copyrighted the view, made this record of the building around 1919, when the hotel was new. In those years Grand Central was among the busiest rail hubs in the country, and hotels clustered around it catered to commuters, out-of-town visitors and business travelers. The record's caption data is unverified, so details of the view itself are best checked against the original card.
| Created / published | c1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified data from caption card. No copyright renewal. Copryight by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. Caption card tracings: NY -- NYC -- Views; Photog. I.; NY -- NYC -- Circles; NY -- NYC -- Hotels; NY -- NYC -- Grand C- Sta.; NY - NYC -- P-Sq.; NY -- NYC -- Comm. Hotel; Ph. Ind.; RR Stations; Hotels; Geogr. (2); Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141541 |
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