New York City: Metropolitan Building – Historic Photograph 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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New York City: Metropolitan Building comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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New York City: Metropolitan Building
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This view of the Metropolitan Building is a c1894 photographic print credited to J.S. Johnston, who held the copyright and numbered it 280 in his series. The 1890s were a period when New York was turning to taller office blocks, many built on steel frames that allowed far more floors than masonry walls could support. Photographers of the era, Johnston among them, documented these structures as the city's streetscapes changed quickly around them. The catalog details are old and unverified, so the exact location and construction dates are best confirmed against period sources.
| Created / published | c1894. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston. No. 280. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Newspapers...--NY H-; NY--NYC--Views--1894-5; NY--NYC; Newspapers; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,190 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142612 |
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