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Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City – Vintage Wall Art

Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City, [between ca. 1926 and 1928] — vintage poster
Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City, [between ca. 1926 and 1928]. Vintage poster 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 rare vintage poster captures Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City in remarkable 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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Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City

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This tempera poster advertises the Herald Square flagship of Macy's on 34th Street, presenting the store as a towering modern building rather than a simple shop front. In the 1920s Macy's was expanding its Manhattan headquarters, and by the middle of the decade it was widely promoted as the largest department store in the world. The poster reflects that era's faith in the city's skyscrapers and in mass retailing, when stores competed to look as grand as the office towers rising around them. Its lower left corner is missing, so some of the lettering is lost.

Created / published[between ca. 1926 and 1928]
GenrePosters 1920-1930.Tempera paintings Color 1920-1930.
NotesPublished in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Lower left corner of poster missing with some loss of text. Unprocessed (South deck - Original posters drawer)
SubjectsMacy's (Firm)--Buildings--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. Department stores--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930 Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,169 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218588

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