Germania Life Bldg., 4th Ave. & 17th St., New York City – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Germania Life Bldg., 4th Ave. & 17th St., New York City, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Germania Life Bldg., 4th Ave. & 17th St., New York City
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This view shows the Germania Life Building at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 17th Street, a commercial block in the Union Square district of Manhattan. The Germania Life Insurance Company was founded by German-American merchants and drew on the city's large German community, which was especially visible in the neighborhoods around Union Square in the late 1800s. Fourth Avenue, now Park Avenue South, was then a busy thoroughfare of offices and businesses. The photoprint was issued by Irving Underhill, a New York publisher of views, and its record notes that some of its details come from an unverified caption card.
| Created / published | c1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C8035. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,219 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155996 |
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