Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City – Historic Print
![Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City, c. 1926-1928 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/63826c9de013-L.webp)
(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 vintage poster of Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Greater Macy's 34th St[reet ...] New York City
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This painting shows the Macy's department store on 34th Street in Manhattan, the flagship building at Herald Square that the company had occupied since 1902. Leo Rackow made it as a tempera poster on board around 1926 to 1928, a period when the store was growing into one of the city's best-known retail landmarks. Macy's had begun its Thanksgiving Day parade in 1924, and by the late 1920s the holiday was closely tied to the store's public image. The work shows how commercial art of the era promoted both a place and a season.
| Created / published | c. 1926-1928 |
|---|---|
| Medium | painting on board, poster, tempera, color |
| Notes | Leo Rackow, artist |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,267 × 3,600 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218588 |
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