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[Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City] – Antique Print

[Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City]

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Madison Square's Worth Monument, a marble obelisk honoring General William Jenkins Worth, anchors this view, with the Fifth Avenue Hotel at left and the square at right.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Includes Worth Monument; Fifth Avenue Hotel at left, Madison Square at right. 2837 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033883. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67038

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