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Columbus Circle, New York City: [Looking south] – Historic Print

Columbus Circle, New York City: [Looking south], c1921. — historic photograph
Columbus Circle, New York City: [Looking south], c1921.. 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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Columbus Circle, where Broadway, Eighth Avenue and Central Park West meet at the southwest corner of Central Park, is seen here from a point looking south. The centerpiece is the monument to Christopher Columbus, a marble statue by Gaetano Russo set on a tall column and dedicated in 1892 for the 400th anniversary of his voyage. By the early 1920s the circle was a busy traffic hub on the edge of the growing midtown theater and hotel district, so the picture captures a city street being reshaped by heavier traffic. The photograph was made by Irving Underhill, whose copyright notice appears on the original caption card.

Created / publishedc1921.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C14852. No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,188 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147770

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