Union Square, New York – Vintage Print
(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 Union Square, New York. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Union Square, New York
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Union Square in Manhattan is the subject here, a plaza where Broadway and Fourth Avenue meet at the southern end of what is now the Flatiron district. The catalog notes mention flowers and peddlers, which fits the square's long role as a open-air market and gathering place for street vendors selling blossoms and produce. The Detroit Publishing Company, which commissioned this 8 by 10 inch glass plate around 1905, was known for hand-tinted and sharply detailed views of American cities and landscapes, so the image records a crowded, bustling urban scene at the turn of the twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018793. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Plazas. Flowers. Peddlers.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 812 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62274 |
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