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Metropolitan Insurance Building at night, New York, N.Y. – Vintage Photo Print

Metropolitan Insurance Building at night, New York, N.Y., [between 1908 and 1920] — historic photograph
Metropolitan Insurance Building at night, New York, N.Y., [between 1908 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with Metropolitan Insurance Building at night, New York, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few buildings in the city were as striking after dark as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, whose lit upper stories rise above Madison Square in this view. Completed in 1909, the tower was modeled on the campanile of St. Mark's in Venice, and it held the title of world's tallest building until the Woolworth Building opened in 1913. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass plate negative sometime between 1908 and 1920, produced and sold views of American cities and landmarks, and its night scenes like this one show how electric lighting was changing the skyline.

Created / published[between 1908 and 1920]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 10 x 8 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. G 6536" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071422. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMetropolitan Life Insurance Building (New York, N.Y.) Office buildings. Skyscrapers. Night.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72770

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