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[Pennsylvania station, main concourse, New York] – Historic Print

[Pennsylvania station, main concourse, New York], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic image
[Pennsylvania station, main concourse, New York], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic image 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of [Pennsylvania station, main concourse, New York]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The main concourse of Pennsylvania Station, the Manhattan rail terminal that opened in 1910, is the subject of this 8 by 10 inch glass transparency. The station was designed by McKim, Mead & White in the Beaux-Arts style, and its vast concourse, with high vaulted ceilings and rows of columns, was meant to recall ancient Roman public buildings. The station was demolished in the 1960s, so views like this one now record a building that no longer stands. The transparency carries the Detroit Publishing Co. number 30 X and reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 transparency : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreSilver gelatin glass transparencies.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30 X. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRailroad stations. Concourses.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan910 × 731 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194978

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