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[New York harbor] – Historic Reproduction

[New York harbor], c[between 1913 and 1920] — historic photograph
[New York harbor], c[between 1913 and 1920]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [New York harbor] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rather than a direct view of the water, this picture reproduces a painting labeled as the work of Jules Lessore, showing piers, wharves and sailing ships in New York harbor. The glass negative came from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery, cities and artworks in the early twentieth century, and it is dated somewhere between 1913 and 1920. Sailing vessels still crowded the waterfront then, even as steamships and rail freight were reshaping the port, so the scene captures a working harbor in transition.

Created / publishedc[between 1913 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. Photograph of a painting labeled Jules Lessore
SubjectsPiers & wharves. Sailing ships.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77925

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