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[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Albany's New York Central station sat on the main line that carried passengers and freight up the Hudson Valley, linking the state capital to New York City and the Great Lakes route to the west. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative dates from roughly 1900 to 1910, a period when railroad stations were among the most prominent civic buildings in American cities and often signaled a town's place in the national network. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the picture, was a commercial firm that photographed towns, rail lines, and scenic sites across the country and sold views to travelers and publishers. Its negatives like this one give a record of how the station and its surroundings looked before later rebuilding changed the area.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4402" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034796. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--New York (State)--Albany.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67606

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