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Astor-house Broadway. New York – Vintage Print

Astor-house Broadway. New York, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Astor-house Broadway. New York, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. 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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A window into the past: Astor-house Broadway. New York, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Astor-house Broadway. New York

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The Astor House stood on Broadway at Vesey Street, just north of City Hall Park, and for much of the nineteenth century it was one of New York's best-known hotels. The Astor family built it, and it opened in 1836 with a granite front and a reputation for fine dining and distinguished guests. Its position at the head of Broadway made it a landmark for travelers arriving by steamboat and stagecoach. The record gives no date for this print, so it is best read as a general view of the hotel's busy street front in its prime years, before it was demolished in 1913.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Dirk.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137195

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