South Street and Brooklyn Bridge, 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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South Street and Brooklyn Bridge, New York City comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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South Street and Brooklyn Bridge, New York City
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The ship Antilia, moored in the foreground, anchors this view of South Street with the Brooklyn Bridge rising behind the waterfront. The Brooklyn Bridge had opened in 1883, and South Street along the East River was then a busy stretch of piers, wharves, and horse-drawn carts. This print is a photochrom, a color process from lithographic stones that the Detroit Publishing Company used for its views of American cities. It was made around 1901 for an album the company kept as a catalog in its office, so it shows both the subject and the company's color printing at its height.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Ship in foreground: Antilia. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53623. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Bridges. Streets. Piers & wharves. Ships. Carts & wagons.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,242 × 890 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216749 |
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