New York - East River - Moonlight – Vintage Print
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures New York - East River - Moonlight in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York - East River - Moonlight
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Moonlight softens the East River in this c1888 stereograph, which sets it apart from the daytime harbor and bridge views that dominated the stereo trade. The card carries a copyright credit to George Barker, a prolific publisher whose views sold widely to home viewers. Its caption tracings point to bridges and the waterfront, so the river crossings that reshaped the city in the 1880s are a likely subject, though the record notes that these details are unverified. Night exposures of this period required long waits, which left moving water and still stone looking especially calm.
| Created / published | c1888. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by George Barker. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Bridges; Photog. Index; Moonlight scenes; NY--NYC--Waterfront...; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 781 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133205 |
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