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[Subway construction, Broadway and 38th Street, New York City] – Vintage Wall Art

[Subway construction, Broadway and 38th Street, New York City], [between ca. 1908 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Subway construction, Broadway and 38th Street, New York City], [between ca. 1908 and 1920]. 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 rare historic photograph captures [Subway construction, Broadway and 38th Street, New York City] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Subway construction, Broadway and 38th Street, New York City]

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Broadway at 38th Street, in the heart of Midtown, is the spot that sets this view apart from other street scenes on the board. Its crowded commercial frontage would have been disrupted by open trenches, as cut-and-cover excavation required tearing up the roadway and working alongside shops and traffic. The photograph comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a news photographer who recorded city life in New York in the early twentieth century. It shows how the subway, which opened in 1904, was still reshaping the streets above it well after its first trains ran.

Created / published[between ca. 1908 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1920.
NotesGeorge Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSubways--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920. Construction--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920. Commercial streets--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920. Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161105

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