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[Gotham and St. Regis hotels, New York, N.Y.] – Historic Reproduction

[Gotham and St. Regis hotels, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Gotham and St. Regis hotels, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Two of the grand new hotels of Fifth Avenue share this view, the Gotham and the St. Regis, which stood near the corner of 55th Street and were among the city's most fashionable addresses when the picture was taken. The St. Regis, built for John Jacob Astor IV, opened in 1904, and the Gotham followed a year later, so the scene captures the rapid growth of luxury hotels along the avenue in the early 1900s. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, was known for documenting American cities and landscapes for commercial sale. Its surviving negatives later passed to the State Historical Society of Colorado before reaching the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 490" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036505. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Commercial facilities. Streets.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan821 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67981

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