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Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City – Vintage Photo Print

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City, c1905. — historic photograph
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City, c1905.. 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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Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City

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The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, shown here, was among the tallest structures in the world when this glass-plate negative was made around 1905. Designed by Napier Atterbury and completed in 1909, it was not yet standing in 1905, so the view must have been taken during construction or of an earlier building on the site. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced this image, was known for its large-format views of American cities, and its collection preserves a detailed record of how New York looked at the turn of the century. The insurer's headquarters later became a symbol of the city's skyline and corporate ambition.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 2478" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018308. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMetropolitan Life Insurance Building (New York, N.Y.) Office buildings. Insurance.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61839

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