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Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City – Antique Map Print

Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City, c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City, c[between 1910 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 Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City

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From an elevated vantage point, this view shows Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, the rail terminal that the Pennsylvania Railroad opened in 1910. McKim, Mead & White designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style, with a grand waiting room and a colonnaded facade along Seventh Avenue, and it was among the largest and most ambitious railroad stations of its era. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its wide range of American views, made the glass negative during the years when the station was new and was a prominent symbol of the city's rail travel. The station was demolished in the 1960s, so this photograph now preserves a record of its scale and the surrounding streets.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 072676. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 777 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73703

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