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[Fulton fish market, New York City] – Antique Print

[Fulton fish market, New York City], [between 1910 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Fulton fish market, New York City], [between 1910 and 1940]. 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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Few places in lower Manhattan were as tied to the water as the Fulton Fish Market, which operated on the East River near South Street and received much of its catch by boat. This print shows the market at some point between 1910 and 1940, when it was one of the busiest wholesale fish markets in the country. It was copyrighted by Harris & Ewing, a Washington, D.C., studio better known for news and portrait photography, so it reflects a commercial photographer's view of a working waterfront. The market later moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx in 2005.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1940.
NotesCopyright by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C.
SubjectsHarbors--New York (State)--New York--1910-1940. Markets--New York (State)--New York--1910-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189674

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