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Knickerbocker Hotel, New York – Vintage Print

Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, [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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A window into the past: Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Knickerbocker Hotel, New York

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Few hotels of the period stood as prominently as the Knickerbocker, which rose at Broadway and 42nd Street near what was becoming the heart of Times Square. Financier John Jacob Astor IV built it, and it opened in 1906 with a reputation for luxury that drew theatergoers and wealthy travelers. This glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and landmarks in the decade or so before 1910. Its bar, the King Cole Room, later became known for Maxfield Parrish's mural of Old King Cole, a detail worth remembering when you consider the building's social life.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 070650. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72225

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