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Hunter College, Park Ave. & 68th St., New York City – Antique Wall Art

Hunter College, Park Ave. & 68th St., New York City, c1944. — historic photograph
Hunter College, Park Ave. & 68th St., New York City, c1944.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hunter College, Park Ave. & 68th St., New York City. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Hunter College, Park Ave. & 68th St., New York City

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This view looks north-facing across the corner of Park Avenue and East 68th Street, where Hunter College had its uptown campus by the 1940s. Hunter traces its roots to 1870, when it opened as the Female Normal and High School to train women teachers, and it grew into one of the city's major public colleges. The photoprint is credited to Irving Underhill, a photographer whose work documented New York streets and institutions. The record's details come from an unverified caption card, so the exact date and vantage point are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1944.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Univ. & Colleges.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,227 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149190

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