5th Ave. above 42nd St. Sunday, 3/23/13 – 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 5th Ave. above 42nd St. Sunday, 3/23/13, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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5th Ave. above 42nd St. Sunday, 3/23/13
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A glass negative of Fifth Avenue above 42nd Street, dated to a Sunday in March 1913, records a stretch of midtown where the grand residences of the Gilded Age were giving way to shops and office buildings. George Grantham Bain's news agency produced pictures like this for newspapers that wanted images of the city on a given day, and working on glass plates gave the prints fine detail. The street name and date come from notes on the negatives and caption cards, which the Library of Congress lists as unverified, so the exact spot on the avenue is worth checking against the image itself.
| Created / published | 3/23/13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,234 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12887 |
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