[New York City - Pennsylvania Station - Main concourse] – Historic Print
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(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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Step back in time with [New York City - Pennsylvania Station - Main concourse], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[New York City - Pennsylvania Station - Main concourse]
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Pennsylvania Station's main concourse was the centerpiece of McKim, Mead & White's 1910 terminal, a building that set the standard for grand rail architecture in America. This view, dated around 1911, shows the vast interior soon after the station opened to passengers, when its barrel-vaulted waiting room and colonnaded Corinthian columns still gleamed with fresh stone. The Pennsylvania Railroad built the complex as part of its tunnel and electrification project beneath the Hudson and Manhattan, so the concourse was designed to move crowds efficiently while impressing travelers. Its later demolition in the 1960s made photographs like this one a lasting record of the lost hall.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1911. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,219 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-120322 |
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