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1902, New York skyline – Historic Reproduction

1902, New York skyline, 1902 — historic photograph
1902, New York skyline, 1902. 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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Step back in time with 1902, New York skyline, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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1902, New York skyline

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This panoramic print, measuring 11 by 39 inches, stretches the New York waterfront across a single wide sweep, a format that set it apart from ordinary street and building photographs of the time. It was deposited for copyright on October 20, 1902, by Irving Underhill, whose claim lists an address in New York City. Silver printing-out paper produced its image through direct exposure to light rather than chemical development, which gives such prints a soft, silvery tone. Waterfront views like this one recorded a city growing upward and outward at the turn of the century.

Created / published1902
Medium1 photographic print : silver printing-out paper ; 11 x 39 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Panoramic photographs.Silver printing-out paper prints.
NotesH26988 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irving Underhill; October 20, 1902. Copyright claimant's address: New York City.
SubjectsWaterfronts.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,277 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198327

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