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The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City – Antique Wall Art

The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City, c1900. — historic print
The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City, c1900.. Historic print 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: The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few churches in New York carry a nickname as well known as the Church of the Transfiguration on East 29th Street, popularly called the Little Church Around the Corner. According to the familiar account, the name came from an undertaker who sent grieving theater people to this small parish when larger churches would not bury an actor, and the church later became known as a place where performers were married and buried. This c1900 photochrom, made by the Detroit Publishing Company, shows the building in saturated color, a process the company used widely for its travel views of the period.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color.
NotesIn album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53639. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsProtestant Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration (New York, N.Y.) Anglican churches.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,442 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216751

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