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The Bowery, New York City – Vintage Wall Art

The Bowery, New York City, c1900. — historic print
The Bowery, New York City, c1900.. Historic print from the New York City collection.

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The Bowery, New York City comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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The Bowery, New York City

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Few streets in Manhattan carry as much history in their name as the Bowery, which comes from the Dutch word *bouwerie*, meaning farm, a reminder of the colonial-era farmland that once lay beyond the city's early settlement. By about 1900, when this view was made, the street was a crowded thoroughfare lined with theaters, saloons, lodging houses and shops, and it had a reputation for rough entertainment. The Detroit Photographic Company produced this print by the photochrom process, which used several lithographic stones to give photographs soft, saturated color. The result preserves the texture of a street scene that was changing quickly as the city grew.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color 1900.
NotesCopyright by Detroit Photographic Co. In Album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co., [p. 22, 70]. No. 53621.
Original scan1,446 × 1,156 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
Reference3g02653_TheBoweryNewYorkCity

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