Christmas Shoppers On 6th Ave., New York – Historic Reproduction
(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 Christmas Shoppers On 6th Ave., New York, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Christmas Shoppers On 6th Ave., New York
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Sixth Avenue in Manhattan is the setting here, caught during the holiday rush of 1910, when shoppers crowded the sidewalks in heavy winter coats and the store fronts were dressed for the season. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress, made from a glass negative by the Bain News Service, a wire-photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers across the country. Its caption dates from that agency's own records, so the details are worth checking against other sources. Early street scenes like this one show how crowded and busy midtown shopping streets were before the holiday season.
| Created / published | c. 1910 |
|---|---|
| Medium | negative, glass, 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Notes | Bain News Service, publisher |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 1,971 × 1,413 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4277 |
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