Victory Arch and Flatiron Bldg. – Historic 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.)
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Victory Arch and Flatiron Bldg. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Victory Arch and Flatiron Bldg.
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Few pictures show two New York landmarks as clearly as this one, with the temporary Victory Arch spanning Fifth Avenue near Madison Square and the Flatiron Building rising beyond it. The arch went up in 1919 to welcome home soldiers returning from the First World War, and it was built of temporary materials rather than stone, meant to stand only for the celebrations. The Flatiron Building, completed in 1902 and designed by Daniel Burnham, was already one of the city's best-known skyscrapers by then. The photograph was made by Irving Underhill, a New York photographer who registered his work for copyright.
| Created / published | c1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J234513 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C13250. |
| Subjects | Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. Memorial arches--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,816 × 4,677 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220424 |
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