Express track 9th Ave. "L" – Antique Wall Art
(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 Express track 9th Ave. "L" in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Express track 9th Ave. "L"
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Here we see an express train on the Ninth Avenue elevated line in New York City, one of the steel-framed "L" routes that carried passengers above the streets of Manhattan. The Bain News Service, a photo agency that operated in New York in the early twentieth century, made this glass negative, and its George Grantham Bain Collection now holds a large body of such work. The record gives no firm date, but the elevated lines were a busy part of city life at the time, with their iron structures, rumbling cars and crowded platforms. Express service let riders skip local stops, which made the trains a practical choice for longer trips across the city.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,859 × 3,290 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21010 |
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