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Daily Graphic Nsp. March 4, 1880, page 38, bottom left A scene in Shantytown N.Y." – Antique Wall Art

Daily Graphic Nsp. March 4, 1880, page 38, bottom left A scene in Shantytown N.Y.", 1880 — antique engraving
Daily Graphic Nsp. March 4, 1880, page 38, bottom left A scene in Shantytown N.Y.", 1880. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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Daily Graphic Nsp. March 4, 1880, page 38, bottom left A scene in Shantytown N.Y." comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Printed on page 38 of the *Daily Graphic*'s March 4, 1880, issue, this wood engraving depicts a scene in a New York shantytown, a cluster of makeshift dwellings on the city's margins. The *Daily Graphic* was among the first illustrated daily newspapers in the United States, founded in New York in 1873, and it relied on engravings like this one to show readers conditions they could not see for themselves. The picture's old catalog tracings, "Slums" and "Geogr.," suggest how the period's press often framed such settlements, as subjects of both social concern and public curiosity. Read it as an artist's and editor's view of the scene rather than a neutral record.

Created / published1880
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Slums; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-145202

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