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Fifth Ave., north from 51st St. [Fifty-first Street], New York] – Vintage Photo Print

Fifth Ave., north from 51st St. [Fifty-first Street], New York], c1900. — historic photograph
Fifth Ave., north from 51st St. [Fifty-first Street], New York], c1900.. 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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This historic photograph of Fifth Ave., north from 51st St. [Fifty-first Street], New York] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Fifth Ave., north from 51st St. [Fifty-first Street], New York]

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This view looks north up Fifth Avenue from 51st Street in New York, with the dwellings and church buildings noted in its record lining the avenue. The stretch near 50th Street was home to St. Patrick's Cathedral, completed in the 1880s, and by about 1900 the avenue was shifting from a row of private residences toward a commercial and institutional corridor. The image is a large glass dry plate negative, 11 by 14 inches, made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and landscapes around the turn of the century. Its large format gives unusually fine detail in the street and building facades.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 0584. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsStreets. Dwellings. Churches.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 767 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77541

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