A glimpse of New York's dry goods district – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of A glimpse of New York's dry goods district. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A glimpse of New York's dry goods district
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The print's captions make bold claims: the largest dry goods district in the world, covering 135 acres, with 4,500 firms and $800,000,000 in capital. Issued around 1886 by J.J. Fogerty of New York, it shows a Broadway street scene with carts and a horse railroad, the traffic that moved goods through lower Manhattan's wholesale trade. Dry goods, meaning textiles, clothing and notions, were the core of that business, and the concentration of wholesalers helped make New York the country's leading center for ready-made clothing. The print's later inclusion in an exhibition on the garment industry and American Jewry reflects the trade's importance to the city's immigrant communities.
| Created / published | c1886. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Captioned: The largest in the world ; Covering a space of 135 acres ; Containing 4,500 firms ; Employing $800,000,000 capital. Copyright by J.J. Fogerty, New York City, New York. Exhibited: A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry 1860-1960, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, 2005-2006. |
| Subjects | Commercial streets--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Business districts--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Dry goods stores--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Carts & wagons--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Horse railroads--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,296 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109911 |
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