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Made in Mott Street. The rest of New York moves, but Chinatown stays – Vintage Wall Art

Made in Mott Street. The rest of New York moves, but Chinatown stays, 1914 — historic print
Made in Mott Street. The rest of New York moves, but Chinatown stays, 1914. 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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This rare historic print captures Made in Mott Street. The rest of New York moves, but Chinatown stays in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Mott Street, the lane at the heart of New York's Chinatown, is the setting for this color halftone of a drawing by Raymond C. Ewer, published in the November 28, 1914, issue of *Puck*, a humor weekly known for its vivid color cartoons. The title sets up the picture's point: while the rest of the city rushes ahead, the neighborhood seems to hold still. Spread across two pages of the magazine, the image reflects how illustrators of the period often portrayed Chinese American life in New York as a world apart, and it rewards a close look at what the artist chose to include and what he left out.

Created / published1914
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
SubjectsColor halftone repro. of drawing by Raymond C. Ewer. Illus. in: Puck, 1914 Nov. 28, pp. 12-13. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - CHINESE AMERICANS--NEW YORK CITY. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,046 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173485

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