Residence of W.C. Whitney, New York City – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Residence of W.C. Whitney, New York City in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Residence of W.C. Whitney, New York City
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This photoprint shows the New York City residence of William C. Whitney, a financier and former U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland. The image dates to about 1894, the height of the Gilded Age, when wealthy families built large townhouses in Manhattan and commissioned photographers to record them. The print was issued by J.S. Johnston of New York, whose house views of this kind were sold as keepsakes and reference images. The catalog record carries unverified details from its original caption card, so the exact address and date should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | c1894. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, N.Y. No. 296. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,193 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155831 |
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