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new york from staten island – Antique Wall Art

new york from staten island — historic image
new york from staten island. Historic image from the Gateway National Recreation Area collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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New york from staten island comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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From the Staten Island shoreline, the eye crosses open water toward Brooklyn and the rest of New York Harbor. Staten Island was a popular vantage point for artists and photographers because it offered a wide look at the bay and the city across it. Views like this document how central shipping, ferry traffic and waterfront work were to the port's daily life. The record for this title is brief, so the details of the scene are best read against that broader harbor history.

Original scan5,283 × 4,200 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference08931u new york from staten island

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