New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. [Bird's-eye view]: Central Avenue and Fort Hill – Historic Map Reproduction
![New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. [Bird's-eye view]: Central Avenue and Fort Hill, c1905. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1b/1be35f585d29-L.webp)
(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: New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. [Bird's-eye view]: Central Avenue and Fort Hill, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. [Bird's-eye view]: Central Avenue and Fort Hill
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From a high vantage point, this c1905 view shows the streets of New Brighton on the north shore of Staten Island, with Central Avenue and the rise of Fort Hill. In the decades around 1900, New Brighton was a fashionable seaside community, with large hotels, summer cottages, and a ferry link to Manhattan that drew visitors and commuters across New York Harbor. Aerial-style views like this one, taken from an elevated point, were popular for documenting neighborhoods and their layout. The photographer, A. Loeffler, is credited on the record, though the catalog notes that the details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by A. Loeffler. No. 928. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 649 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147816 |
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