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[Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.] – Vintage Print

[Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Buffalo 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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[Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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Shelton Square in downtown Buffalo, New York, is framed here by St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and, at the left edge, the Prudential Building, two landmarks that mark the city's commercial core. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country and later produced color prints, made this view on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1915. Buffalo was then one of the largest and busiest cities in the state, and the square's mix of church spires and office blocks shows how civic and business life crowded together downtown. The pencilled notes on the negative are a reminder of how such plates were labeled and filed for later use.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Prudential Building at left. G 8710" and "Prohib." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090348. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPlazas. Cathedrals. Commercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--Buffalo.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74418

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