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[Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Print

[Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y.], [1909?] — historic photograph
[Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y.], [1909?]. 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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[Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y.]

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The Hotel Astor, on Broadway at 44th Street in the heart of Times Square, is the subject of this view. The record suggests it may date to the Hudson-Fulton celebration of 1909, when New York hung bunting and banners to mark the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's steamboat. The Detroit Publishing Company made this large glass negative, and its plates preserve the street decorations of the period in fine detail.

Created / published[1909?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Possibly at time of Hudson-Fulton celebration, 1909. G 6594" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039240. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Festive decorations.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68923

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