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Elevated railroad at 110th St. [One Hundred and Tenth Street], New York – Vintage Photo Print

Elevated railroad at 110th St. [One Hundred and Tenth Street], New York, c1900. — historic photograph
Elevated railroad at 110th St. [One Hundred and Tenth Street], New York, c1900.. 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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Cross streets at 110th Street in Manhattan were shaped by the elevated railways that ran above them, and this view records one such crossing around 1900. The steel structure carries the tracks over the avenue, with the street below given over to wagons, pedestrians, and the shadow of the trestle. Elevated lines were built in the 1870s and 1880s to relieve congestion at street level, and by the turn of the century they had become a defining part of daily life in the city. The picture was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose large-format glass negatives documented American cities and landscapes for decades.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes12531" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0587. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Elevated railroads.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 767 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77543

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