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[Aerial view of Levittown, New York housing development] / Thomas Airviews. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Aerial view of Levittown, New York housing development] / Thomas Airviews. — historic photograph
[Aerial view of Levittown, New York housing development] / Thomas Airviews.. 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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Step back in time with [Aerial view of Levittown, New York housing development] / Thomas Airviews., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Aerial view of Levittown, New York housing development] / Thomas Airviews.

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This aerial view shows Levittown, the Long Island suburb in Nassau County that Levitt & Sons began building in 1947 on former potato fields. The photograph, taken in 1954 by an aerial photography firm, captures the development's repeated rows of nearly identical houses, laid out on a grid of curving streets. Levittown became a national symbol of postwar suburban growth and of the mass-production methods that aimed to put a home within reach of returning veterans and young families.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1954
SubjectsCity planning--New York--Levittown--1950-1960. Housing developments--New York--Levittown--1950-1960. Levittown (N.Y.)--1950-1960.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,305 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203553

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