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New Fish Market, New York City – Antique Wall Art

New Fish Market, New York City — historic image
New Fish Market, New York City. Historic image from the Barns & Farms 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 Fish Market, New York City 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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New Fish Market, New York City

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The title places this view at the New Fish Market in New York City, a waterfront trading place where fishing boats unloaded their catch for sale to wholesalers and retailers. New York's fish trade grew up along the East River and the lower Manhattan docks through the 19th century, when ice, carts, and rail shipments let fresh seafood reach city buyers daily. The market's crowded stalls and heavy foot traffic reflected how central the trade was to feeding a fast-growing city. Its placement among farm and barn subjects on this board reflects the way food markets linked city streets to the countryside and the sea.

Original scan4,146 × 3,322 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif12773_NewfishmarketNewYorkCitysketch

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