[Four-story townhouse, entrance with pilasters and curved pediment, possibly New York, N.Y.] – Antique Wall Art
![[Four-story townhouse, entrance with pilasters and curved pediment, possibly New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4b98e296dadb-L.webp)
(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 [Four-story townhouse, entrance with pilasters and curved pediment, possibly New York, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Four-story townhouse, entrance with pilasters and curved pediment, possibly New York, N.Y.]
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A four-story townhouse whose entrance is framed by pilasters and topped with a curved pediment anchors this glass negative, which the cataloger placed tentatively in New York. Classical doorways like this were a common feature of row housing in American cities around 1900, when Beaux-Arts and Colonial Revival styles shaped many new residential blocks. The negative belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company, which documented towns, cities and scenery in the early twentieth century using large-format plates that recorded architectural detail sharply. Because the location was assigned later rather than recorded at the time, the exact street and house remain unidentified.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043188. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 812 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70165 |
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